Hiroshi Yoshida, From the Summit of Shiroumadake (Hakuba san)

Artist's brush signature and red seal. Jizuri seal in the lower right margin. Yoshida climbed in the Japan Alps for about two months every summer. The changing light and color of the clouds held a special fascination for him which are well illustrated in his prints of mountain scenery. The small white triangle in the rocks of the middle distance is his tent. In his 1939 book, Yoshida states that 8 blocks and 31 impressions were used. The pagoda of Kofuku-ji Temple towers over the Sarusawa pond. Two deer are strolling on the snow covered bank.