Sound of the Waves

Woodblock print (color woodcut) printed on Japan wove paper.

Artist's proof. There was seemingly no edition of this print. We could not locate a single impression, aside from ours.

Toshi Yoshida first created print in the Shin-hanga style, which early in the 20th century emulated the famous Ukiyo-E prints and eventually returned to this style later in life. After the war, however, Yoshida increasingly became influenced by the Sosaku Hanga school, literally creative print, and turned to abstraction. By the early 70's his stylized vision of the world was almost completely abstract.

Signed, dated, and annotated in pencil.