Japanese Print by Yoshida Hiroshi, 吉田博 (YOSHIDA HIROSHI)

This untitled Yoshida print, identified by a collection sequence number, exemplifies the technical ambition that set shin-hanga apart from earlier Meiji-period landscape prints. Yoshida's prints in this category frequently depict natural or architectural scenes observed with the analytical eye of a Western-trained painter, translated into the layered woodblock medium with exceptional fidelity to light and atmosphere. His use of dense washi allowed for multiple overprinting passes without bleed, enabling the tonal transitions across sky and water that define his style. The print likely dates from the 1920s or 1930s, the most productive decades of Yoshida's printmaking career, during which he produced the majority of his approximately 260 designs.