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.
A coastal scene where land meets ocean, rendered in Yoshida's woodblock technique with attention to the specific character of a Japanese shoreline. The seaside subject allows Yoshida to work with horizontal bands of color, from sandy beach or rocky shore through surf zone to open water and sky, creating a composition built on parallel layers. Waves, rocks, and the quality of light at the water's edge all receive careful observation. The print belongs to a less-documented side of Yoshida's output, which is better known for botanical subjects, and shows the artist engaging with landscape on a broader scale than his focused plant studies typically allow.
1940
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Boshu Taikai
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
September 1931
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Seaside was created by Fujio Yoshida (吉田ふじを).
Seaside depicts seascapes.
