YUUHI (the evening sun)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Watanabe Print
- Image courtesy of
- Watanabe Print
Description
"YUUHI" is a Japanese printmaking print by Kimura Yoshiharu, created during the Showa. This work demonstrates the artist's distinctive approach to Japanese subjects and traditional themes through the medium of Japanese woodblock printing.
Kimura Yoshiharu is a Japanese printmaker whose work draws from Japanese visual traditions including woodblock print subjects and techniques.
This print represents Kimura Yoshiharu's contribution to the Japanese printmaking tradition during the Showa. As with all works by this artist, it reflects both individual artistic vision and the broader cultural moment in which it was created. For collectors and admirers of Japanese printmaking, it offers a window into the sophisticated aesthetic world that produced some of the most beloved images in art history.






![Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
