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A rarely encountered Japanese shin hanga woodblock print titled "Lantern Maker" by Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) dated Taisho 15 (1925). 1st edition impression with "jizure" (self-printed) seal in the upper left margin. The artist's black ink brush signature and red seal is at the left edge of the image. The print is pencil-signed at the right side of the lower margin. Illustrated in "The Complete Woodblock Prints of Yoshida Hiroshi," Abe Publications, color plate #82. Paper measures about 16 1/2"V x 10 3/4"H (image size: 14 1/2"V x 9 3/4"H). Very good overall condition with full margins. A faint mat line is evident in the left margin. There are faint narrow tape stains along the back at the margins and one tiny repaired tear at the bottom edge.
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