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.
Shinobazu Pond in Ueno — a large natural pond within what is now Ueno Park, famous for its lotus coverage in summer and its view of the Benten shrine on an artificial island — provided Yoshida with a Tokyo landscape of unusual natural depth for an urban setting in this 1928 print. The pond's lotus fields, which fill the southern portion of the water surface each summer with a dense canopy of broad leaves and pink blooms, created a visual texture that Yoshida rendered with the same systematic observation he brought to mountain snowfields. The Benten-do shrine and its arched bridge, reflected in the open water of the northern pond, added architectural elements to a composition otherwise dominated by natural forms.
Nikko Chuzenjiko
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Niigata Gosaibori
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Shinobazu Pond was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1928.
Shinobazu Pond uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Shinobazu Pond was published by Yoshida Studio (1928).
Shinobazu Pond depicts rivers & lakes, set at Tokyo, Shinobazu Pond.
Shinobazu Pond measures 27 × 41.6 cm (Oban format).
