A Window in Fatehursikri
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
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.
Fatehpur Sikri — the ghost city built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in the 1570s and abandoned within decades — captivated Yoshida during his travels through India. This print isolates a single architectural window from the complex's red sandstone structures, focusing on the intricate carved lattice work, or jaali, that filters light in patterns unique to Mughal design. Yoshida's eye for architectural detail, trained through years of rendering Western cathedrals and Japanese shrine gates, found in Fatehpur Sikri's stonework a visual richness that translated naturally into the precise registration demands of woodblock printing. The composition distills an entire civilization's ornamental vocabulary into a single aperture.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
A Window in Fatehursikri was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in Not set.
A Window in Fatehursikri was published by Yoshida Studio (Not set).
A Window in Fatehursikri depicts interiors.
