Toshi Yoshida: Nikko 日光 (Pencil Signed) (SOLD)

Artist: Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995)Title: Nikko 日光   Date: 1940 Visitors climb the shaded steps towards Yomeimon Gate at Nikko Toshogu Shrine. Surrounded by towering Cryptomeria trees, the shrine gate is considered Japan’s most lavishly decorated gate, a masterpiece of Edo-period woodwork and decoration, completed in the early 17th century. The shrine is a memorial to Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate.  Pencil signed, lifetime edition. Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition. Mint.Dimensions: chuban (19.6 x 27 cm)Publisher: Self-published by the artist.Signature: Toshi Yoshida (in pencil, lower right)