A Garden in Okayama on a Spring Morning
- Date:
- 1933
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and colors on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 16.4 × 37.5 cm
- Publisher:
The edition type is the primary value driver for Yoshida prints. The jizuri seal — indicating the artist personally supervised every aspect of printing — typically commands 2–3× the price of posthumous reprints. Standard jizuri prints of Japanese landscapes cluster around $2,149 at dealer level (1stDibs benchmark). PBS Antiques Roadshow valued a pair of lifetime prints at $2,500 total (~$1,250 each) for non-jizuri examples.
Korakuen in Okayama — one of Japan's three great landscape gardens, originally completed in 1700 — provides the setting for this 1933 spring morning composition. Cherry blossoms and plum may still cling to the garden's carefully composed ponds and lawns as morning mist softens distant hills and the outlines of Okayama Castle. Yoshida's handling of spring's diffuse early light, with its particular softness before the sun burns through, demonstrates his unmatched ability to translate the quality of a specific hour into woodblock color.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
A Garden in Okayama on a Spring Morning was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1933.
A Garden in Okayama on a Spring Morning was published by Yoshida Studio (1933).
A Garden in Okayama on a Spring Morning depicts spring and gardens.
A Garden in Okayama on a Spring Morning measures 16.4 × 37.5 cm (Oban format).
