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.
Hayase — a place name that evokes a fast-flowing section of river, the word itself meaning "swift current" or "rapids" — appears in this 1933 print as water in motion: white foam broken over rocks, the speed of current conveyed through the directionality of pigment and the contrast between churning white water and the darker stillness of pools beyond. Yoshida painted rapids subjects repeatedly across his career, drawn to the challenge of rendering kinetic energy — the one quality that woodblock's static medium must work hardest to suggest. His oil-painting background gave him a vocabulary for conveying the dynamism of moving water that he systematically translated into the woodblock medium through careful block-cutting and selective pigment application.
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.
Hayase was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博).
Hayase uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.
Hayase was published by Yoshida Studio.
Hayase depicts landscapes, waterfalls, and rivers & lakes.
Hayase measures 26.8 × 40.8 cm (Oban format).
