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.
Komagatake — the "horse's peak," a name shared by several Japanese mountains, including a prominent summit in the Kiso Valley of the Southern Alps — appears in this 1929 print as an Alpine landscape rendered in the cool, clear light that Yoshida associated with high mountain terrain. The mountain's silhouette and the surrounding landscape below the treeline would have been familiar to Yoshida from his many months spent in the Japanese Alps, and his treatment here draws on the visual vocabulary he developed for the Alpine series while applying it to a peak with its own distinctive character. The print demonstrates his skill at differentiating individual peaks through the specifics of their rock formations, snow patterns, and relationship to the sky.
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.
Komogatake was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1929.
Komogatake uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Komogatake was published by Yoshida Studio (1929).
Komogatake depicts landscapes, snow scenes, and mountains.
Komogatake measures 40.5 × 26.2 cm (Oban format).
