Singapore

Object Details

• Artist

  Yoshida Hiroshi 吉田博 (1876-1950)

• Label

  Yoshida Hiroshi traveled as far as Singapore aboard the Japanese ship Iyo Maru. He disembarked to stay in Singapore, then traveled by rail to Kuala Lumpur and Penang in present-day Malaysia. Yoshida's print of Singapore, produced shortly after his return to Japan in 1931, focuses on a coconut grove that shelters a small coastal house. The artist's humane interest in families and everyday life is revealed in this print, where members of the household pursue routine activities such as mending fishing nets while a couple enjoys a leisurely meal in the foreground. Thin blue tones printed in layers effectively depict cool shadows cast by the tropical trees.

• 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)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of H. Ed Robison in memory of Katherine W. Robison

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1930s

• Name

  Robison, Henry Edwin

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Japanese Art

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints