Thunder in the Farming Land
by Hiyoshi Mamoru (a.c. 1950s)

	Artist:	Hiyoshi Mamoru (a.c. 1950s)
	Title:	Thunder in the Farming Land
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	Not set
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Kyoto Hanga-In — 京都版画院
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Kyoto Hanga-In — 京都版画院
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	30471
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Hiyoshi From the estate of George Garrelts, Senior Chief Hospital Corpman who was in Japan right after WWII. One Japanese woodblock print which is still in original folder. This print from Kotozuka Eiichi (NO!) artist (1906-). Tip mounted on left side of the folder. Not backed and no laid down. Overall in excellent condition. Great impression and great color. Lovely raining subject. Size 10.5" x 15.50". Born in Tokyo, Hiyoshi Mamoru studied art with Okada Saburosuke and graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. In the early 1950's, he designed brightly colored woodblock prints of Korean people and their customs, presumably for the tourist industry. The prints were published by the Kyoto Hanga-in. Many of Mamoru's prints are signed in English, M. Hiyoshi.