Sailing Boats: Afternoon (Hansen, gogo), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)"
Hansen, gogo
Hansen, gogo
From the Seto Inland Sea Sailing Boats series — among Yoshida's most recognized images and the most reproduced shin-hanga subject in Western collections. Individual variants with jizuri seals reach $2,500–$7,500 depending on the specific time of day depicted. A group of three variants (Morning, Forenoon, Night) was estimated at GBP 3,000–4,000 at Sotheby's (December 2023). The night and fog/mist variants carry a further premium over this daytime view.
From the Seto Inland Sea series, this 1926 afternoon print captures traditional wooden sailing vessels navigating the calm waters of the Seto Naikai under a bright mid-day sky — sails fully billowed in the afternoon breeze, the surrounding sea a rich blue broken only by the wakes of passing boats. The Seto Inland Sea, sheltered between Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, has been Japan's primary maritime corridor for millennia, and its distinctive combination of calm water, pine-covered islands, and working sail traffic gave Yoshida some of his most compositionally satisfying material. This afternoon view is one of four or more prints Yoshida made depicting the same vessels at different times of day, demonstrating his systematic approach to capturing light's temporal variation.
Woodblock print
Hansen, yoru
1926
Color woodblock print
1915
Color woodblock print
Hansen, asa
1926
Color woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Sailing Boats: Afternoon (Hansen, gogo), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)" (Hansen, gogo) was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1926.
Yes — Sailing Boats: Afternoon (Hansen, gogo), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)" is part of the Seto Inland Sea series (print 3 of 6) by Hiroshi Yoshida.
Sailing Boats: Afternoon (Hansen, gogo), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)" uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Sailing Boats: Afternoon (Hansen, gogo), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)" was published by Yoshida Studio (1926).
Sailing Boats: Afternoon (Hansen, gogo), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)" depicts boats & ships and seascapes, set at Seto Inland Sea.
Sailing Boats: Afternoon (Hansen, gogo), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)" measures 36 × 50.3 cm (Oban format).
