Morning on Mt.Tsurugi
- Date:
- 1926
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Japanese mountain landscapes reflect Yoshida's personal passion as a lifelong mountaineer — he climbed extensively in the Japan Alps, Hokkaido, and Korea. These subjects carry a 30–50% premium over standard landscapes. Jizuri impressions from mountain compositions are especially sought by collectors who prize the technical challenge of rendering atmospheric perspective across distant ranges.
Mount Tsurugi — the jagged, technically demanding peak in the Tateyama Range of the Northern Alps — stands as one of the most formidable summits in Japan, and Yoshida depicted its morning face in this 1926 print with the awe appropriate to such terrain. The cold clarity of early light on rock and snow was a challenge well suited to his jizuri technique, which allowed him to control the delicate gradations of dawn illumination without the color drift that came from working with commercial printers. The mountain's near-vertical ridgelines and exposed rock faces convey a wildness quite different from the rounded, accessible beauty of Fuji that dominated the [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) canon.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Morning on Mt.Tsurugi was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1926.
Morning on Mt.Tsurugi was published by Yoshida Studio (1926).
Morning on Mt.Tsurugi depicts mountains.
