Yoshida's North American subjects — Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Niagara Falls, Canadian Rockies — carry a 20–30% premium over comparable Japanese landscapes, with particularly strong demand from American institutional and private buyers. These prints represent a unique Japanese artistic perspective on Western natural monuments, and their rarity relative to Yoshida's Japan-focused output drives collector interest.
A second Grand Canyon print from 1925 (the Showa-period date in the title is likely an institutional cataloging error, as the work was produced during Yoshida's American journey) offers a different viewpoint or time of day within the canyon, allowing comparison with his other canyon compositions. The canyon's scale demanded multiple vantage points and lighting conditions to adequately document, and Yoshida's characteristic methodical approach to important subjects produced several distinct canyon works from this journey.
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.
Grand Canyon, Shôwa period, dated 1925 was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in Shôwa period, 1926-1989.
Grand Canyon, Shôwa period, dated 1925 was published by Yoshida Studio (Shôwa period, 1926-1989).
Grand Canyon, Shôwa period, dated 1925 depicts landscapes, travel scenes, and mountains.
