Spring at a Spa
- Date:
- 1940
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- British Museum
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.
Spring at a Spa from 1940 depicts one of Japan's beloved onsen resort towns as the season arrives — cherry blossoms or fresh green foliage softening the architecture of the baths and lodges. Japanese spa resorts occupied a particular cultural role: places of temporary retreat from urban life, embedded in landscapes of unusual natural beauty, their appeal as much visual as therapeutic. Yoshida renders the scene with the warm palette and luminous atmosphere that characterize his spring subjects, the season's arrival giving even familiar settings a quality of renewal.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Spring at a Spa was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1940.
Spring at a Spa was published by Yoshida Studio (1940).
Spring at a Spa depicts spring.
