A Spa in Spring (Later printing by Toshi Yoshida)
- Date:
- 1940
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Honolulu Museum of Art
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.
A hot spring resort in spring — steam rising, perhaps cherry blossoms in the background — captures one of the most distinctly Japanese experiences of seasonal renewal. This 1940 print was later re-issued by Yoshida's son Toshi, who maintained the family print publishing enterprise after his father's death. The existence of later Toshi Yoshida printings indicates sustained collector demand; both father and son shared the workshop's exacting standards for ink, paper, and color registration.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
A Spa in Spring (Later printing by Toshi Yoshida) was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1940.
A Spa in Spring (Later printing by Toshi Yoshida) was published by Yoshida Studio (1940).
A Spa in Spring (Later printing by Toshi Yoshida) depicts spring.
