A Window in Fatehpur-Sikri
- Date:
- 1931
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Typical Price
A genre scene from Yoshida's India and Southeast Asia series (1930–1931), depicting street performers — one of his most distinctive subject choices in a body of work already exceptional for its range. India series prints command a 50–100% premium over typical Japanese landscapes, and figure-focused Indian subjects are among the rarest in his output.
- Jizuri (artist-supervised) seal: $1,800–$5,500
- Studio/posthumous edition: $500–$1,600
Description
Fatehpur Sikri, the abandoned Mughal imperial capital in Uttar Pradesh, was built by Akbar the Great in the 1570s and deserted within decades due to water scarcity — preserved almost perfectly by its disuse. A window in Fatehpur-Sikri offers Yoshida a subject of extraordinary sculptural richness: the red sandstone screens carved with intricate geometric and floral patterns that filter light into the interior spaces in constantly shifting configurations. His 1931 print isolates this architectural detail, allowing the carved stone's pattern-making to occupy the composition, the light falling through the jali screen as through a woodblock's own cut surface.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A Window in Fatehpur-Sikri was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1931.
A Window in Fatehpur-Sikri was published by Yoshida Studio (1931).
A Window in Fatehpur-Sikri depicts interiors.