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.
Kagurazaka Dori was one of Tokyo's most fashionable entertainment streets in the late 1920s, lined with restaurants, geisha houses, and shops catering to an affluent clientele. Yoshida depicts the street scene with characteristic attention to the interplay of architecture and human activity, the sloping avenue creating a natural recession into the distance. The print documents an urban Tokyo that was rapidly modernizing, and Yoshida's trained eye captures the texture of the neighborhood with the same care he applied to his celebrated landscapes.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kagurazaka Dori was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1929.
Kagurazaka Dori was published by Yoshida Studio (1929).
Kagurazaka Dori depicts urban scenes, architecture, and daily life.
