A Window in Fatehpur Sikri, 1930
Apr. 19th, 2004 10:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
saint_monkeythis is an incredible woodcut print by hiroshi yoshida. 1876-1950.
http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/singleObject.cfm?ObjectId=44168
again, this isn't a process lithograph, but a woodcut, printed without a press. by my count there are perhaps 120 to 130 passes on multiple blocks. there is no registration error at all. Unlike his traditional predecessors, Yoshida completed all parts of the printmaking process (drawing, carving, inking, printing) by himself until he became too popular to keep up with demand. (in 1925) He then employed selected students and remained involved in all portions of the printing process.
I have notes on his unique process, he used the kento method of registration, which involved cutting an "L" shaped corner in the block, and a line along one side. The corner of the paper fit into the carved notch, and the edge of the paper lined up along the line, allowing the print to fall in the same position. The "depth" in the image comes from two non-traditional "tricks:" 1) Overprinting the same block with a slight variations in color each time, and printing only select areas of the block each time. 2) The use of an "atmospheric layer" (not evident in this print) of a very pale transparent grey, which gave his outdoor prints an illusion of atmospheric perspective, and fought the traditionally "flat" look of most woodcuts.
To see more, go to this page, and many of the prints are Yoshida's (Sadly, searching for his name brings back only two prints, but the Smithsonian has about thirty of his prints available to look at online. If you use this "hunt and click" method.
http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/pinky.cfm?group=Japanese%20Art&start=1380
http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/singleObject.cfm?ObjectId=44168
again, this isn't a process lithograph, but a woodcut, printed without a press. by my count there are perhaps 120 to 130 passes on multiple blocks. there is no registration error at all. Unlike his traditional predecessors, Yoshida completed all parts of the printmaking process (drawing, carving, inking, printing) by himself until he became too popular to keep up with demand. (in 1925) He then employed selected students and remained involved in all portions of the printing process.
I have notes on his unique process, he used the kento method of registration, which involved cutting an "L" shaped corner in the block, and a line along one side. The corner of the paper fit into the carved notch, and the edge of the paper lined up along the line, allowing the print to fall in the same position. The "depth" in the image comes from two non-traditional "tricks:" 1) Overprinting the same block with a slight variations in color each time, and printing only select areas of the block each time. 2) The use of an "atmospheric layer" (not evident in this print) of a very pale transparent grey, which gave his outdoor prints an illusion of atmospheric perspective, and fought the traditionally "flat" look of most woodcuts.
To see more, go to this page, and many of the prints are Yoshida's (Sadly, searching for his name brings back only two prints, but the Smithsonian has about thirty of his prints available to look at online. If you use this "hunt and click" method.
http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/pinky.cfm?group=Japanese%20Art&start=1380
