Evening after Rain

Date:: 1926
Medium:: Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Format:: Oban
Dimensions:: 27.8 × 42.7 cm
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Typical Price

Rain scenes are among the most atmospherically subtle in Yoshida's output, requiring exceptional printing to capture the misty, diffused light. These subjects carry a 20–30% premium over comparable daytime scenes. Superior impressions with well-preserved bokashi gradations in the sky command the highest prices; heavily faded examples lose significant value.

Jizuri (artist-supervised) seal: $1,500–$4,500
Studio/posthumous edition: $400–$1,300

Description

An evening scene following rainfall, the air washed clear and every surface gleaming with reflected light, is the subject of this 1926 print. Yoshida excelled at the particular quality of post-rain light — the way wet stone catches reflections, how foliage deepens in color when soaked, the luminous quality of a clearing sky. This early Showa work demonstrates his mastery of atmospheric effects at the outset of his most prolific period, the training in Western plein-air painting fully integrated into woodblock technique.