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Stone Wall — 石垣
by Yoshida Aguri (A. Yoshida, watercolour)

Original caretaker of this artwork: Fuchu Art Museum

	Artist:	Yoshida Aguri (A. Yoshida, watercolour) — 吉田あぐり
	Title:	Stone Wall — 石垣
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1902 (circa)
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Self
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Self
	Medium (first edition):	Sketch (pencil/pastel)
	Medium (this edition):	Sketch (pencil/pastel)
	Format (first edition):	Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	48033
	Notes (first edition)?:	作者 吉田あぐり Artist YOSHIDA Aguri Title Stone Wall 制作時期 制作年不詳 技法・材質 紙、鉛筆 サイズ 38.1cm×29.2cm 取得方法 購入 取得年度 平成10年度 コレクション名 吉田博旧蔵不同舎資料
	Notes (this edition)?:
	Artist Bio:	Collectors often find it difficult to distinguish between the paintings of Arugi Yoshida and her brother-in-law, the far more famous Hiroshi Yoshida. However, careful examination of the painting's signature will allow consistently correct classification. There are several salient differences between their signatures, the main one being Hiroshi never signed his paintings using a curly 'Y' for Yoshida. The right leg of Hiroshi's 'Y' is always straight, and for 'A' Yoshida it is always curly. I've analysed dozens of Yoshida paintings and there are other differences, but the curly 'Y' is a dead giveaway for Aguri. Yoshida (as is the distorted first character, always a clearly defined 'H' in the case of Hiroshi). Aguri Yoshida almost always used all-caps (all upper case characters) for her watercolour signature, whereas Hiroshi only rarely used all-caps, thus if you have a Yoshida painting with a signature that uses a mix of upper and lower case characters you most likely are the lucky owner of a Hiroshi Yoshida painting. See further discussion here.