Yoshida Hiroshi

Kura storehouses at Tomonoura, in a 1939 print from Yoshida's "Inland Sea" series

• Born: 1876
• Died: 1950
• Japanese: 吉田 博 (Yoshida Hiroshi)

Yoshida Hiroshi was one of the chief artists of the shin hanga movement, which revived ukiyo-e for the 20th century, with vividly colored prints of traditional scenes.

Yoshida trained originally in yôga (oil painting), and made efforts to normalize acceptance for paintings of nudes - a standard subject in Western art - in Japan. In 1926, he shifted from yôga to print designs, joining publisher Watanabe Shôzaburô's shin hanga efforts.

His son Yoshida Tôshi went on to become a significant figure in the sôsaku hanga ("creative prints") movement.

References

• Gallery labels, Pacific Asia Museum.[2]