Crytomeria Avenue (Sugi Namiki) by Yoshida Hiroshi, 1937 Size:45x60in (114x150cm) Trading posts and inland post

Trading posts and inland post offices punctuate the wilderness

or let its burnished color act as a focal point in modern spaces

The map is monochrome and features landmarks

American art history

With its rallying slogan and sweeping sense of place

Crytomeria Avenue (Sugi Namiki) by Yoshida Hiroshi, 1937 Size:45x60in (114x150cm) Trading posts and inland postYoshida Hiroshis Crytomeria Avenue (Sugi Namiki), created in 1937, is a serene masterwork of the shin hanga movementa revitalization of traditional ukiyo e that absorbed Western ideas about light, atmosphere, and perspective. Here, Yoshida guides the eye down a quiet rural road bordered by towering sugi (Japanese cedar) trees, their rhythmic trunks rising like columns against a cool twilight sky. The understated palette and measured composition convey