Goshikihara, Japanese Alps, Shôwa period, dated 1926
- Date:
- Shôwa period, 1926-1989
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
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.
Goshikihara ("Five-Color Plain") in the Japanese Alps — likely a high alpine meadow near Tateyama in Toyama Prefecture known for its multicolored seasonal plantings and volcanic terrain — provides the subject for this 1926 print from the Japan Alps series. The alpine meadow, a rare flat expanse in the otherwise precipitous Japan Alps, would have offered Yoshida a different compositional challenge from his peak-and-ridge subjects: horizontal sweep rather than vertical thrust, meadow flowers and distant snow.
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.
Goshikihara, Japanese Alps, Shôwa period, dated 1926 was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in Shôwa period, 1926-1989.
Goshikihara, Japanese Alps, Shôwa period, dated 1926 was published by Yoshida Studio (Shôwa period, 1926-1989).
Goshikihara, Japanese Alps, Shôwa period, dated 1926 depicts landscapes and mountains.
