Caravan from Afghanistan
Object Details
- Label
- Yoshida was fascinated by the camel caravans he encountered during his travels in northern India and present-day Pakistan. Here he has used the same set of carved woodblocks to render day and night scenes. For the night scene (see F1996.27), he has eliminated some of the color block printings that represent the distant scenery in the day scene and has cut a block that leaves the paper unprinted at certain points to represent stars.
- Provenance
- To 1996
- Henry Edwin Robison (1913-2008), Palo Alto, CA, to 1996
- From 1996
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Henry Edwin Robison in 1996
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Yoshida Hiroshi: Japanese Prints of India and Southeast Asia (August 1 to October 17, 1999)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Henry Edwin Robison (1913-2008)
- Credit Line
- Gift of H. Ed Robison in memory of Katherine W. Robison
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1932
- Period
- Showa era
- Accession Number
- S1996.26
- Artist
- Yoshida Hiroshi 吉田博 (1876-1950)
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Medium
- Ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 29 x 40.2 cm (11 7/16 x 15 13/16 in)
- Origin
- Japan
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- camel
- Showa era (1926 - 1989)
- travel
- Japan
- Japanese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_S1996.26
