Shio machi (Waiting for the Tide), from the series Seto Naikai shū dai ni (Seto Inland Sea, Second Series)
Yoshida Hiroshi, Shio machi (Waiting for the Tide), from the series Seto Naikai shū dai ni (Seto Inland Sea, Second Series), 1930, color woodblock print on paper, Gift of Mr. Robert K. McClelland, © Yoshida Hiroshi, 80.105.7
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- Title
Shio machi (Waiting for the Tide), from the series Seto Naikai shū dai ni (Seto Inland Sea, Second Series)
- Related Titles
original language: 潮待ち
series (original language): 瀬内海集第二
series (translated): Seto Inland Sea, Second Series
series (transliterated): Seto Naikai shū dai ni
translated: Waiting for the Tide
transliterated: Shio machi
- Artist
- Date
1930
- Period
Japan: Shōwa period (1926-1989)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper
- Catalogue Raisonné
Yoshida Hiroshi zenmokuhanga shū (Abe Shuppan) 143
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 9 3/4 in x 14 13/16 in; sheet: 10 7/8 in x 16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
title: Waiting for the Tide, graphite, lower left Language: English
date; series title; title: 昭和五年作 / 瀬内海 / 潮待ち, printed in red-brown ink, left margin, center Transliteration (Translation): Shōwa go nen saku / Seto Naikai / Shio machi (created [in] Shōwa 5 [1930] / Seto Inland Sea / Waiting for the Tide) Language: Japanese
printer's mark: 自摺, printed in pale black ink, left margin, top Transliteration (Translation): jizuri (self-printed) Language: Japanese Description: The jizuri ("self-printed") notation was generally printed on lifetime impressions that Yoshida Hiroshi considered to be up to his high technical standards.
artist's seal: 博, printed in red ink, lower right Transliteration (Translation): Hiroshi ([seal of the artist Yoshida Hiroshi 吉田博]) Language: Japanese
signature: Hiroshi Yoshida, graphite, lower right
signature: よし田, printed in black ink, lower right Transliteration: Yoshida Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Robert K. McClelland
- Accession Number
80.105.7
- Copyright
© Yoshida Hiroshi
- Terms
Yoshida Hiroshi infused traditional woodblock printing with a new sense of light and air derived from his training in Impressionist-style painting. Yoshida’s gold-tinged palette is perfectly attuned to the tranquil atmosphere of daybreak in a rural harbor town. The drama of Hokusai’s and Hiroshige’s turbulent waters is absent in the mirror-like surface of Yoshida’s sea, which reflects the turquoise sky of a warm summer’s day. A sense of anticipation lingers over the scene, however, in the figures of the fishermen, who patiently wait to set sail at the turn of the tide.
- Exhibitions
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
2022; 2023 Human Nature: 150 Years of Japanese Landscape Prints Portland Art Museum
