A Japanese Legacy

by Allen, Laura W.; Minneapolis Institute of Arts

• ISBN13: 9780912964874
• ISBN10: 0912964871
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Art Media Resources Ltd

Summary

This major exhibition presents over 160 oil paintings, watercolors and woodblock prints by eight artists from a single family spanning four generations and over 100 years. Featured artists include Kasaburo Yoshida, Hiroshi Yoshida, Toshi Yoshida, Hodaka Yoshida, and the Yoshida women: Fujio, Chizuko, Kiso, and Ayomi, with approximately 20 oil paintings, 15 watercolors, and 100 woodblock prints, several sketchbooks, and other supporting photographs. These fine works are drawn from both public and private collections, most notably The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Toledo Museum of Art, Margaret and Eugene Skibbe (Minneapolis), the Tokyo National Museum, The Fukuoka Art Museum, and the Yoshida family.

The catalogue features essays by Koichi Yasunaga, chief curator at the Fukuoka Art Museum, Kendall Brown, professor at California State, Long Beach, Laura W. Allen of San Francisco, Eugene M. Skibbe of Minneapolis and Matthew Welch, curator of Japanese art at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. They provide new insights into each artist as well as a broad view

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	6	(3)
Self, Family, Nation, and Beyond: The Worlds of Yoshida Artists	9	(8)
Kendall H. Brown
Looking to the West: The Meiji Era and Yoshida Kasaburo	17	(6)
Matthew Welch
Yasunaga Koichi
Lofty Mountains and Misty Valleys: The Art and Life of Yoshida Hiroshi	23	(48)
Yasunaga Koichi
Yoshida Toshi: The Nature of Tranquillity	71	(38)
Kendall H. Brown
Yoshida Hodaka: Magic, Artifact, and Art	109	(42)
Eugene M. Skibbe
The Yoshida Women: Three Generations of Female Artists	151	(65)
Laura W. Allen
Selected Bibliography	216	(2)
Checklist	218