Torii and Lantern
by Hiroshi (watercolour artist)

Original caretaker of this artwork: eBay

	Artist:	Hiroshi (watercolour artist)
	Title:	Torii and Lantern
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	circa 1920-1950
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Self
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Self
	Medium (first edition):	Watercolour
	Medium (this edition):	Watercolour
	Format (first edition):	Aiban
	Format (this edition):	Aiban
	DB artwork code:	44281
	Notes (first edition)?:	Note: This artist is not Yoshida Hiroshi. ITEM: Japanese landscape painting with a lantern in the foreground and in the background fishermen departing the harbor at dawn or first light. MEDIUM: Water color on art board. SIZE: This painting is framed under glass as we first found it. The frame is a nondescript black painted faux bamboo frame of the type often found on Asian items framed in the first half of the 20th century. The frame was sealed when we first acquired the painting and there is an old art deco framing label on the back. The painting has been in the frame for quite some time which probably accounts for its’ good condition. Overall framed dimensions are 10 5/8” x 14 1/2”. The actual painting measures approximately 10” x 13 3/4”. (We wish to stress here that the item is a painting and not a print.).
	Notes (this edition)?:
	Artist Bio:	The artist Hiroshi painted the more popular scenes of Japan for the tourist market (i.e., Mt Fuji, cherry trees in spring, winter snow, autumn, temple torii gates and lanterns, ocean boats, etc.). He always singed his paintings 'Hiroshi', underlined. This is not the artist Hiroshi Yoshida, who usually painted more rustic scenes and signed his paintings 'H Yoshida'.