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.
A woman seated before a mirror — an intimate boudoir scene that places Yoshida in conversation with the [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga) (beauty picture) tradition of earlier Japanese printmaking. The 1927 date places it within his most prolific period, and the domestic interior subject contrasts tellingly with his dominant landscape mode. Yoshida's Western academic training gave him a precise grasp of figure drawing and interior light, deployed here to bring quiet intimacy to a scene that Utamaro and Harunobu had made iconic in earlier centuries.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Before a Mirror was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1927.
Before a Mirror was published by Yoshida Studio (1927).
Before a Mirror depicts figures, bijin-ga, and interiors.
