Harbour of Tomonoura
- Date:
- 1930
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
The edition type is the primary value driver for Yoshida prints. The jizuri seal — indicating the artist personally supervised every aspect of printing — typically commands 2–3× the price of posthumous reprints. Standard jizuri prints of Japanese landscapes cluster around $2,149 at dealer level (1stDibs benchmark). PBS Antiques Roadshow valued a pair of lifetime prints at $2,500 total (~$1,250 each) for non-jizuri examples.
Tomonoura's harbor — protected by the islands of the Seto Inland Sea and famous for its currents that brought sailors to anchor here for favorable winds since ancient times — is captured in this 1930 print in its working maritime aspect. Fishing boats and cargo vessels crowd the harbor alongside the town's historic waterfront, the layered hills of the Inland Sea framing a scene that has changed relatively little since the Edo period. Yoshida brings his characteristic luminous seascape technique to this historic maritime haven.
$1,440
1940
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Boshu Taikai
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
September 1931
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Harbour of Tomonoura was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1930.
Harbour of Tomonoura was published by Yoshida Studio (1930).
Harbour of Tomonoura depicts seascapes.
