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.
This Shōwa-period impression of Portrait of a Boy (Kodomo), dated 1927, depicts a young child with the quiet attentiveness Yoshida brought to all his figural work. The title Kodomo — simply "child" in Japanese — emphasizes the universality of the subject over any specific identity, yet Yoshida's rendering is particular enough to suggest an observed individual. The print demonstrates his mastery of the woodblock medium's capacity for subtlety: skin tones built from layered pigment, fabric rendered with attention to texture and drape, the child's expression neither posed nor idealized.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Portrait of a Boy (Kodomo), Shôwa period, dated 1927 was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in Shôwa period, 1926-1989.
Portrait of a Boy (Kodomo), Shôwa period, dated 1927 was published by Yoshida Studio (Shôwa period, 1926-1989).
Portrait of a Boy (Kodomo), Shôwa period, dated 1927 depicts children, daily life, and portraits.
