The Prints of Hodaka Yoshida
From the Collection of Margaret and Eugene Skibbe

House-Nude Prints 1974-79 again seems to be a transition. It takes the nude (symbolizing modernity) from the previous period and poses it next to a house (domesticity and tradition) that Hodaka had photographed in his travels. Not unlike a dramaturge, Hodaka evokes a visceral feeling in each print about the tension or clash between the modern and the traditional, a dynamic found in human culture and in the human psyche. Similarly, photoetched zinc plates now take their place alongside woodblocks. No. 441 points to the next stage.

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374. Day by Day, A
1974
Photo zinc relief, Woodblock
33.0 x 44.0 cm

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392. Mythology of Back Streets
1976
Photo zinc relief, Woodblock
86.0 x 57.0 cm

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Title page print
(Book: Rainbow in the Eastern Sky)
1976 Photo zinc relief,
Woodblock 25.0 x 22.5 cm

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401. Rainbow in the Eastern Sky
(for a poem with that title)
1976 Photo zinc relief,
Woodblock 12.3 x 10.0 cm

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402. Surprised
(for a poem with that title)
1976 Photo zinc relief,
Woodblock 19.0 x 10.0 cm

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403. This Poet
(for a poem with that title)
1976 Photo zinc relief,
Woodblock 17.0 x 17.0 cm

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404. Three Word Poems About Mt. Fuji
(for poetry with that title)
1976 Photo zinc relief,
Woodblock 19.0 x 14.5 cm

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