Calm Wind
- Date:
- 1937
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 40 × 27.3 cm
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
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.
"Calm Wind" suggests a seascape or wide water subject in a moment of unusual stillness, perhaps the Inland Sea or a bay captured when the water lies perfectly flat and the horizon dissolves into humid atmospheric haze. Printed in 1937, this work demonstrates Yoshida's mature mastery of subtle atmospheric effects — the quiet drama of a day without wind, where the absence of turbulence becomes the subject itself. His ability to make meteorological calm as compelling as storm or rain distinguishes his finest work.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Calm Wind was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1937.
Calm Wind was published by Yoshida Studio (1937).
Calm Wind depicts landscapes and seascapes.
Calm Wind measures 40 × 27.3 cm (Oban format).
