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(Frontispiece). Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950). Titled in the left margin in Japanese Yamanaka Mura (Yamanaka Village), titled in English Fuji-san from Yamanaka. Also in the left margin in Japanese jizuri (self-printed), Shown jūni-nen (Showa 12 [1937]), woodblock, 25x37.8 cm. Signed Hiroshi Yoshida, sealed in kanji Hiroshi.
From a wide world of outstanding artists with an extensive range of techniques and subject matter, it is difficult to select one to set the tone for book. We felt, however, that Yoshida Hiroshi would be eminently suitable.
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In addition to the works that are strictly numbered in the "limited edition" series, one may come across another notation at the bottom of a print, A.P. or AP for artist proof or E.A. for épreuve d'artiste. Originally the term artist proof simply meant a test or trial proof of the different stages in the printing process. Later it came to be called a bon à tirer, the artist's notation on the final proof indicating that the printer could then proceed, using that particular proof as the standard for printing the entire edition.
Nowadays the term has evolved to mean that artists by convention are allowed to make ten percent of their edition in the artist-proof category. Some artists number their proofs, as in A.P. 2/5, some use Roman numerals to indicate proofs, but there is no fixed rule. Some artists simply write A.P.
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