A Garden in Summer
- Date:
- 1933
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
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.
This 1933 print captures the lush, enclosed world of a Japanese garden in the high summer season — irises, maples, and dense plantings in full leaf, the paths and water features shaded by mature trees. Yoshida's understanding of botanical detail, developed through careful observational drawing, allows him to individuate plant species and textures within a unified atmospheric impression. The garden's curated nature as a human construction within the natural world was a recurring philosophical interest across his career.
![[Garden of] Taj Mahal, No. 1 (Taji Maharu no niwa, dai ichi) by Hiroshi Yoshida](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/230993a7-d4f0-c979-c267-127d48e1ef1c/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Taji Maharu no niwa, dai ichi
1931
Color woodblock print; oban
January 1938
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
1938
Color woodblock print; oban
10/70, 1966
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
A Garden in Summer was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1933.
A Garden in Summer was published by Yoshida Studio (1933).
A Garden in Summer depicts gardens and summer.
