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Autumn Stream
by Yoshida Aguri (A. Yoshida, watercolour)

Original caretaker of this artwork: eBay

	Artist:	Yoshida Aguri (A. Yoshida, watercolour) — 吉田あぐり
	Title:	Autumn Stream
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	circa 1920-1940
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Self
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Self
	Medium (first edition):	Watercolour
	Medium (this edition):	Watercolour
	Format (first edition):	Large Oban
	Format (this edition):	Large Oban
	DB artwork code:	46105
	Notes (first edition)?:	Measuring 13 ¼” by 19” this original painting depicts a small forest waterfall. It is signed in the lower left hand corner and along the upper edge is some light steaking that is on top of the paint. A past owner placed this early 20th century painting under a proper French Mat.
	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.