Hiroshi Yoshida


Great Temple in Madurai

Colour woodcut, 1931


If you've ever tried your hand at colour woodblock printmaking, you know just what a 'tour de force' this print is. Click to bring up the enlargement and then take a close look at it ... can you count the 'layers' from front to back ... And that 'contrast' from darkest to lightest ... And all that grey and darkness, but without 'gloom' ... I get incoherent when I study this one ...

Incredible ...