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.
Mount Yari (3,180 m) — the "Spear Peak" of the Japan Alps — is one of the most dramatic and technically challenging summits in the country, its needle-like horn unmistakable on the skyline. Yoshida, who climbed many of the peaks he depicted, brings an alpinist's intimate knowledge to this 1926 composition, the angular summit catching light against a deep sky in a print that conveys both the mountain's physical danger and its austere beauty.
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.
Mount Yari, from was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1926.
Mount Yari, from was published by Yoshida Studio (1926).
Mount Yari, from depicts landscapes, snow scenes, and mountains.
