From Yoshida's later career (1935–1950), these prints show his technical mastery at full maturity. Later-decade prints slightly trail peak-period 1920s works at auction, but jizuri impressions of desirable subjects still command strong prices. Standard jizuri Japanese landscapes follow the dealer benchmark of approximately $2,149; Sacred Bridge, Nikko (1937) sold for $800 at Schmidt's Antiques for a pencil-signed example.
Guangzhou's Yuexiu or Liwan parks, with their ornamental lakes, pavilions, and tropical plantings, provided material for multiple 1941 compositions as Yoshida traveled through southern China. This park scene captures banyan shade and formal garden geometry in the layered greens of a humid subtropical landscape, the composition structured with the same careful balance he applied to Japanese garden subjects. The print documents an urban oasis in a city undergoing profound transformation during the Pacific War years.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
A Park in Guangzhou was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1941.
A Park in Guangzhou was published by Yoshida Studio (1941).
A Park in Guangzhou depicts landscapes, gardens, and travel scenes.
A Park in Guangzhou measures 19.8 × 26.8 cm (Oban format).
