Shinjuku
- Date:
- 1938
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
From Yoshida's later career (1935–1950), these prints show his technical mastery at full maturity. Later-decade prints slightly trail peak-period 1920s works at auction, but jizuri impressions of desirable subjects still command strong prices. Standard jizuri Japanese landscapes follow the dealer benchmark of approximately $2,149; Sacred Bridge, Nikko (1937) sold for $800 at Schmidt's Antiques for a pencil-signed example.
Shinjuku in 1938 was Tokyo's largest entertainment and commercial district, its streets dense with department stores, cinemas, and restaurants catering to the expanding urban middle class. Yoshida's print captures the neighborhood at a pivotal moment — the city modernizing rapidly while traditional street patterns and architectural forms persisted in the interstices. His urban subjects carry an implicit documentary quality: Tokyo was being rebuilt and transformed throughout his career, and prints like Shinjuku record the texture of specific urban environments before they were consumed by further change.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Shinjuku was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1938.
Shinjuku was published by Yoshida Studio (1938).
Shinjuku depicts urban scenes.
