Sea Fish

Sea Fish is one of Yoshida's aquatic subjects — likely a study of one or more marine species rendered with the naturalistic observation he brought to all his wildlife work. Fish were among the most common subjects in Japanese decorative and fine arts, their forms offering exceptional graphic possibilities, and Yoshida's treatment likely brings the same attentiveness to anatomical accuracy and tonal subtlety that characterizes his bird prints. The underwater world visible through the surface of the sea, with its particular quality of diffused light and color, gave him a subject of great visual richness.