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.
Printed in 1939, this work immerses the viewer in a dense stand of bamboo, the tall culms rising in overlapping verticals that filter light into shifting patterns of green and shadow. Bamboo groves carry deep cultural resonance in Japan — symbols of resilience and the transient play of wind — and Yoshida renders their texture and movement with the precision of a trained observer who painted the natural world across four continents. The restrained palette and careful [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradations exemplify his mastery of atmospheric depth.
$2,149
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Bamboo Wood was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1939.
Bamboo Wood uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Bamboo Wood was published by Yoshida Studio (1939).
Bamboo Wood depicts trees.
Bamboo Wood measures 27.4 × 40.2 cm (Oban format).
