Ghat in Benaras (Benaresu no gatto)

Japanese painter-printmaker Yoshida Hiroshi was an avid traveller and visited India in November 1930, spending the next few months sketching and making notes. He returned to Japan after four months and produced exquisite prints of scenes he was enamoured by on his trip to India. Benaras, as expected, was on his itinerary and he paid tribute to the vibrant, holy city with this exquisite woodblock print that captures a busy ghat and the rippling waters of the Ganga. This reproduction was produced by experts of Kokka, a well-known Japanese art periodical.