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.
Abuto Kannon is a Buddhist temple perched on a rocky headland on the Seto Inland Sea, and Yoshida's 1930 print captures the site in the clarity of a Japanese morning. The sea below the temple complex catches the low light, the water's color shifting from deep blue at the horizon to pale silver near the shore. Yoshida was drawn repeatedly to the Seto region's combination of sacred architecture and maritime scenery, and this print distills that attraction — the temple a human mark on an elemental landscape.
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.
Morning of Abuto was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1930.
Morning of Abuto was published by Yoshida Studio (1930).
Morning of Abuto depicts landscapes, temples & shrines, and seascapes.
Morning of Abuto measures 24.4 × 37.5 cm (Oban format).
