id: 78718 accession number: 2016.87 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.87 updated: 2024-03-26 01:55:46.913000 Carp and Tortoises, after 1940. Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese, 1876–1950). Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ellen and Bruce Mavec 2016.87 title: Carp and Tortoises title in original language: 亀と鯉 series: series in original language: creation date: after 1940 creation date earliest: 1941 creation date latest: 1960 current location: creditline: Gift of Ellen and Bruce Mavec copyright: --- culture: Japan, Shōwa period (1926–89) technique: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper department: Prints collection: Prints type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Ogura 238 --- CREATORS * Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese, 1876–1950) - artist Yoshida Hiroshi, first a European-style oil and watercolor painter and later a print artist, is considered part of the shinhanga (new prints) movement, which aimed to revitalize Japan’s workshop-based printing practices. He was particularly well known for his views of famous places. A world traveler who visited countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, Yoshida’s first international exhibition took place in 1899 at what is now the Detroit Institute of Arts. He had a wide collecting base in the United States. --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Lower margin in graphite: Carp and Tortoises Hiroshi Yoshida translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Ellen Stirn Mavec [b. 1959], Hunting Valley, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–2016 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2016– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.87/2016.87_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.87/2016.87_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.87/2016.87_full.tif