Key value factors: Edition order (first Watanabe/Doi printing vs. posthumous reprints) is crucial. Snow scenes, night views, and bijin-ga typically command premiums. Publisher seals and artist signatures authenticate first editions.
Garden roses in full bloom fill this 1927 woodblock print, their layered petals rendered in ink and colors on paper with a precision that maps each whorl from tight center to open outer edge. This early work in Yoshida's career predates his concentrated botanical series of the 1950s by over two decades, suggesting a lifelong engagement with floral subjects. The rose's complexity as a printmaking subject lies in its petal count: each bloom contains dozens of overlapping surfaces that catch light differently, requiring the carver to make decisions about which edges to define and which to merge. Yoshida's treatment balances botanical accuracy with the graphic simplification that the woodblock medium demands.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Roses was created by Fujio Yoshida (吉田ふじを) in 1927.
Roses depicts birds & flowers, spring, and still life.
Roses measures 35.6 × 24.8 cm.
