Aspen
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- ukiyo-e.org
Description
Aspen trees — the trembling, silver-barked birch relatives of the North American mountain west — are the subject of this nature study from Yoshida's American travels. The aspens' characteristic pale trunks, small rounded leaves, and the particular quality of their motion in wind made them a distinctive subject for a Japanese printmaker, their visual character quite unlike the pine and bamboo of traditional Japanese nature imagery. Yoshida renders the aspens in their autumn gold or summer green with the woodblock technique's characteristic clarity, finding in this North American subject matter for a distinctly Japanese graphic sensibility.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Aspen was created by Toshi Yoshida (吉田遠志).
Aspen uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print.
Aspen was published by Yoshida Studio.
Aspen depicts landscapes, trees, and autumn foliage.