Lushan
- Date:
- 1939
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 26.8 × 40.3 cm
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
Lushan, the misty mountain range in Jiangxi Province that Chinese poets and painters have venerated for over two thousand years, provided Yoshida with subject matter steeped in art-historical resonance during his 1939 travels through China. The mountains rise through cloud and mist in the manner of classical Chinese landscape painting, and Yoshida's approach here echoes that tradition while filtering it through his own woodblock vocabulary. Where classical Chinese ink painters dissolved mountains in atmospheric wash, Yoshida achieved comparable effects through careful gradation of pigment on multiple woodblocks. The result is a rare dialogue between two great landscape traditions.
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Featured in Collections
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Frequently Asked Questions
Lushan was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1939.
Lushan was published by Yoshida Studio (1939).
Lushan depicts landscapes and mountains.
Lushan measures 26.8 × 40.3 cm (Oban format).