This 1920s print from the heart of Yoshida's jizuri period represents his mature shin-hanga technique. Standard jizuri prints of Japanese landscapes cluster around $2,149 (1stDibs dealer benchmark). The jizuri seal — indicating Yoshida personally supervised printing — is the single most important value driver, typically doubling the price over non-jizuri lifetime impressions.
Hakkodasan — the volcanic mountain group in Aomori Prefecture in northern Honshu, site of Japan's most catastrophic military cold-weather disaster in 1902 — transforms in this 1929 print into a landscape of autumnal splendor. The peak's beech forests ignite each October into the deep reds, oranges, and yellows of koyo, or autumn foliage, and Yoshida captures this seasonal transformation with the layered pigment depth that woodblock printing can achieve when handled with his level of craft. The cooler light of northern Japan gives the autumn colors a particular clarity and saturation that he renders with restrained but precise color selection.
Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi
1946
Color woodblock print
Woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
Autumn 1920
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Autumn Foliage at Hakkodasan was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1929.
Autumn Foliage at Hakkodasan uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Autumn Foliage at Hakkodasan was published by Yoshida Studio (1929).
Autumn Foliage at Hakkodasan depicts autumn foliage.
Autumn Foliage at Hakkodasan measures 26.5 × 39.2 cm (Oban format).
