Sea Horses
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- ukiyo-e.org
Description
Sea Horses is one of Yoshida's aquatic subjects, the extraordinary creatures — with their horse-like heads, prehensile tails, and upright posture so unlike any other fish — giving him formal material of great graphic distinctiveness. Sea horses were among the most visually unusual marine subjects available to a wildlife printmaker, their combination of animate creature and plant-like stillness, their method of locomotion by tiny dorsal fin, and their upright orientation making them ideal for the close-up portrait treatment that Yoshida applied to his birds and mammals. The underwater setting adds a quality of weightless suspension.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sea Horses was created by Toshi Yoshida (吉田遠志).
Sea Horses uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print.
Sea Horses was published by Yoshida Studio.
Sea Horses depicts seascapes and animals.