Suiren Marsh at Hakkōdasan

Date:: 1929
Medium:: Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Format:: Oban
Dimensions:: 26.4 × 39.4 cm
Publisher:: Yoshida Studio
Source:: Art Institute of Chicago

Typical Price

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.

Jizuri (artist-supervised) seal: $1,500–$4,000
Studio edition (no jizuri): $800–$2,000
Posthumous/family workshop reprint: $300–$800

Description

The Suiren Marsh at Hakkōdasan lies within the Hakkōda volcanic mountain range in Aomori Prefecture, far northern Honshū — a high-altitude wetland known for water lilies and the spectral beauty of its mountain reflections. Yoshida's 1929 print captures the marsh in the stillness that characterizes such remote highland settings: water lilies floating on a glassy surface, the mountains reflected with undisturbed clarity. The subject combines two of his most characteristic interests — mountains and reflective water — in a setting of particular northern austerity.