Unknown (Michi no)

Yoshida Tōshi, artist

1911–1995

Unknown (Michi no), 1968, Showa period (1926–1989)

Where object was made: Japan

Material/technique: color woodcut

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 397 x 568 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 15 5/8 x 22 3/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 463 x 626 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 18 1/4 x 24 5/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 24 x 32 in

Credit line: Gift of Hal M. Davison, Class of 1949

Accession number: 1998.0837

Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Japan Re-imagined/Post-war Art," Mar-2008, Kris Ercums
This image of an anonymous, monumental lavender mesa is among Yoshida’s most celebrated prints. He called it “almost the best [image] of its kind.” During the time it was created, Yoshida traveled widely through the Americas, Europe and the Middle East. As indicated by the title, Unknown, it does not represent any one specific place. Rather, it presents a compelling amalgam of geographic memory that merges into an image of every place.