Hakuba and Yarigadake

Date:: 1929
Medium:: Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Format:: Oban
Dimensions:: 24.1 × 32.1 cm
Publisher:: Yoshida Studio
Source:: Minneapolis Institute of Art

Typical Price

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.

Jizuri (artist-supervised) seal: $1,500–$4,000
Studio edition (no jizuri): $800–$2,000
Posthumous/family workshop reprint: $300–$800

Description

Hakuba ("White Horse") Peak in the northern Japan Alps — named for a snowfield on its face that resembles a galloping horse — rises to 2,932 m and is among the most celebrated ski and mountaineering destinations in Japan. This 1929 composition pairs it with the neighboring Yarigadake, the two peaks rendered in their late-season snowfield profiles above a high alpine scene. Yoshida captures the twin summits' complementary forms — Hakuba's broad shoulders against Yari's needle — with the authoritative eye of a frequent visitor to these ranges.