{"id":378,"date":"2013-07-10T09:31:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T14:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/kucera\/?page_id=378"},"modified":"2013-07-11T09:25:58","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T14:25:58","slug":"early-spring-in-azumino","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/kucera\/exhibitions-2\/yoshida-evolution-exhibition\/gallery\/early-spring-in-azumino\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Spring in Azumino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/07\/early_spring.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-317\" alt=\"Early Spring\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/07\/early_spring.gif\" width=\"647\" height=\"447\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Early Spring in Azumino, <\/strong>Toshi Yoshida, woodblock print, 1989<\/p>\n<p>Toshi\u2019s print <em>Early Spring in Azumino<\/em> was completed in 1989, during his later years, and was one of the last of his prints to be signed by his hand before his death in 1995.\u00a0 This breathtaking landscape captures, as many of his landscapes do, the reverent beauty of nature, and in this case the quite grandeur of the Azumino Mountains in the Nagano region. It is believed that the word \u201cCharity\u201d was inscribed on this before giving it to a newly wed couple, as the scene depicts a small temple that was a favorite place to be wed for many Japanese couples.\u00a0 The print was done using traditional woodblock methods, as well as a zinc plate.\u00a0 The image\u2019s misty silhouette quality and the cool colors suggest sunrise, and its crisp details give contrast to the traditional subject matter.<\/p>\n<p>St. Olaf College acquired this piece from Eugene and Margaret Skibbe, St. Olaf graduates of 1952 and 1953, who had received the print from Takashi Yoshida, one of Toshi\u2019s sons, at their brief meeting in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><em>Rachel Sexton and Guhn Kim<\/em><\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" width=\"75%\" \/>\n<h3 align=\"center\">Related Essays<\/h3>\n<h4 align=\"center\"><a title=\"Rachael Sexton\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/kucera\/exhibitions-2\/yoshida-evolution-exhibition\/gallery\/early-spring-in-azumino\/rachael-sexton\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4500\">Rachael Sexton<\/span><\/a> \/ \/ <a title=\"Guhn Kim\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/kucera\/exhibitions-2\/yoshida-evolution-exhibition\/gallery\/early-spring-in-azumino\/guhn-kim\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4500\">Guhn Kim<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<hr align=\"center\" width=\"75%\" \/>\n<h4 align=\"center\"><a title=\"Gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/kucera\/exhibitions-2\/yoshida-evolution-exhibition\/gallery\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4500\">Gallery<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;color: #ff4500\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/cwis_policies\/personal_disclaimer.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff4500\"><em>Disclaimer<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early Spring in Azumino, Toshi Yoshida, woodblock print, 1989 Toshi\u2019s print Early Spring in Azumino was completed in 1989, during his later years, and was one of the last of his prints to be signed by his hand before his death in 1995.\u00a0 This breathtaking landscape captures, as many of his landscapes do, the reverent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/kucera\/exhibitions-2\/yoshida-evolution-exhibition\/gallery\/early-spring-in-azumino\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Early Spring in Azumino&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"parent":296,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-full_width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-378","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/kucera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/kucera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/kucera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/kucera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/261"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/kucera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/kucera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":644,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/kucera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378\/revisions\/644"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/kucera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/kucera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}