![A Little Restaurant [at Night] (Ryoriya no yoru) by Hiroshi Yoshida — Japanese Color woodblock print; oban, 1933](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/e0e87290-6b97-4999-6986-731f7a56bbc9/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
A Little Restaurant [at Night] (Ryoriya no yoru)
Ryoriya no yoru
- Date:
- 1933
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 27.1 × 40.6 cm
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A night street scene rendered in deep browns and warm golden lighting, showing the wooden facade of a small restaurant with a row of round paper lanterns hung beneath its eaves and illuminated shoji windows glowing from within. A woman in a red under-robe and patterned outer kimono stands beside a hanging lantern to the left, her form reflected in the wet, glistening pavement below. "Hiroshi Yoshida," 1933, color woodblock print, oban.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A Little Restaurant [at Night] (Ryoriya no yoru) (Ryoriya no yoru) was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1933.
A Little Restaurant [at Night] (Ryoriya no yoru) uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print; oban.
A Little Restaurant [at Night] (Ryoriya no yoru) was published by Yoshida Studio (1933).
A Little Restaurant [at Night] (Ryoriya no yoru) depicts night scenes.
A Little Restaurant [at Night] (Ryoriya no yoru) measures 27.1 × 40.6 cm (Oban format).