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Japanese Woodblock Prints
Glittering Sea (Hikaru Umi), 1926
Hikaru umi, from the Seto Inland Sea series — Yoshida Hiroshi, self-published, Tokyo
From the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Japanese prints collection · 1926
$129Charged in USD at checkout; local currency shown for reference.
Source scan:LOC (Prints & Photographs Division, Japanese prints). Rights statement of the archive: “No known restrictions on publication. Ukiyo-e print by an artist who died before 1930; the impression itself was published before 1930 — public domain in the United States, Japan and the EU.” Original print: Yoshida Hiroshi, 1926, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 41.1 x 27.6 cm.. Verified 2026-09-13.
This product is a new archival print made from a restored scan of that print. It is not an original antique and is not sold as one.
The story of this print
Yoshida Hiroshi was a painter who came to woodblock in his forties and pushed the medium further than anyone before him: Glittering Sea, from his 1926 Seto Inland Sea series, was printed from dozens of blocks and passes to build the sunset light on the water, with the sparkle on the waves cut as hundreds of tiny points. The boats are fishing craft under sail; the sea and sky are one graded field of yellow, orange and blue.
Yoshida printed his own work, supervising every impression, and this design is the one collectors of the shin-hanga — new print — movement prize most. He died in 1950, and the print, published in 1926, is public domain everywhere; it is the most modern sheet in our collection. The Library of Congress impression is superb, scanned at nearly 10,000 pixels tall, and it has been restored from that scan without redrawing.
The vertical sheet fits our 12×18, 16×24, 20×30 and 24×36 sizes exactly.
Printed to order on archival matte paper or canvas, framed in the country of delivery.
Before and after
Left: the archive scan exactly as published. Right: the file that goes to the printer.
Restoration notes
Restoration: trimmed the mount and scanner margins, balanced levels while keeping the paper tone and the flat colour blocks of the woodblock impression (85% of the original colour retained), removed dust and specks, applied gentle sharpening. Toning, wormholes, the printer's registration and the collector's seals are kept where they belong to the object; nothing is redrawn.
Every print carries its archive credit on the packing slip. Paper tone and small imperfections of the original are kept on purpose; nothing is redrawn.
Pairs well with
Hang them together — 10% off the second framed print
Informational purposes only, no warranties, not professional advice. All products are new archival prints made from restored scans of historical maps held by public archives; they are not original antiques. Colours vary by screen and by paper.
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