Crytomeria Avenue
- Date:
- after 1937
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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.
Cryptomeria (Japanese cedar) avenues — planted as sacred approaches to major shrines and temples during the Edo period — create cathedral-like tunnels of ancient timber that Yoshida found irresistible as compositional subjects. In this post-1937 print, the towering cedars recede in perfect perspective, their reddish trunks glowing against deep forest shadow. The interplay between the geometric tunnel of trees and the light at its vanishing point reflects Yoshida's ability to apply Western perspective rigorously within a Japanese woodblock tradition.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Crytomeria Avenue was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in after 1937.
Crytomeria Avenue was published by Yoshida Studio (after 1937).
Crytomeria Avenue depicts urban scenes.
