Itoigawa in the Evening
- Date:
- 1929
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 26.2 × 39.1 cm
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
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.
Itoigawa in the evening captures the quiet harbor town on the Sea of Japan coast as dusk settles over its shoreline. Yoshida renders the fading light with the atmospheric sensitivity he brought to his oil-painting background — warm tones dissolving into the cool blues of encroaching night, fishing vessels at rest along the waterfront. The composition embodies the [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) ideal of transient mood, fixing a specific hour in a specific place with the precision of an observant traveler.
Woodblock print
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
![Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Itoigawa in the Evening was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1929.
Itoigawa in the Evening was published by Yoshida Studio (1929).
Itoigawa in the Evening depicts night scenes.
Itoigawa in the Evening measures 26.2 × 39.1 cm (Oban format).
