From the Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms series, which includes the record-breaking Kumoi Cherry Trees (only 50 impressions, sold $21,420 at Christie's 2024). Cherry blossom subjects carry a 50–80% premium over comparable Japanese landscapes, and series membership adds further collectible value. Arashiyama and the Hirosaki Castle compositions in this series attract particular interest.
Among the most tender prints in the Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms series, this 1935 work pairs the season's signature blossoms with harusame — the soft, fine spring rain that Japanese poetry has long associated with the season's bittersweet passage. Pale petals cling to branches as rain mists the scene, Yoshida's mastery of [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) creating the soft, diffused luminosity of wet spring air. The combination of rain and blossoms evokes the Japanese aesthetic of mono no aware — the poignant beauty of transient things.
Kumoi sakura
1926
Color woodblock print
1935
Color woodblock print
Romon
1935
Color woodblock print
円山公園桜
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms: Spring Rain (Sakura hachidai: Harusame) was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in after 1935.
Yes — Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms: Spring Rain (Sakura hachidai: Harusame) is part of the Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms series by Hiroshi Yoshida.
Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms: Spring Rain (Sakura hachidai: Harusame) was published by Yoshida Studio (after 1935).
Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms: Spring Rain (Sakura hachidai: Harusame) depicts cherry blossoms, spring, and rain.
