A Little Restaurant at Night by Hiroshi Yoshida Material:400g Cotton Canvas giving the whole image a

giving the whole image a cheerful

presenting an intricate arrangement of symmetrical motifs drawn from Renaissance decorative tradition

the gentle movement implied by a loose fold

and the flat

The portrait format allows each specimen to assert its individual character within the broader arrangement

A Little Restaurant at Night by Hiroshi Yoshida Material:400g Cotton Canvas giving the whole image aA Little Restaurant at Night belongs to Hiroshi Yoshida's woodblock landscapes, a body of work he began in 1920 after training as a Western style painter and turning to traditional Japanese printmaking. A restless traveller, Yoshida carried his sketchbook across Japan's cities and countryside, translating everyday scenes into luminous prints that fused Japanese technique with Western light and atmosphere. This urban night scene reflects that