Created in 1928, Numazaki Pasture is a color woodblock design. Numazaki Pasture presents cultivated grazing land within a broader mountain environment. Yoshida balances agricultural use with open space, giving rural labor and terrain equal importance.
In the design, Yoshida focuses on a carefully observed place structured through foreground detail, measured recession, and atmospheric distance. Layered color and selective detail guide the eye between near forms and atmospheric distance. Crisp carved contours are balanced with graduated color, combining descriptive precision with the atmospheric effects associated with Yoshida’s approach to modern color woodblock printing.
The design belongs to Yoshida’s mature period, when he expanded the subjects available to modern Japanese woodblock printing while retaining the discipline of observed light and place.
Additional information
| Year Published | 1928 |
|---|---|
| Size | Ōban |
| Signed | Hiroshi Yoshida |
| Editions | Jizuri |
| Subjects | clouds, horses, numazaki pasture |
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