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.
Tamsui (Tansui) is a historic port town at the mouth of the Tamsui River in northern Taiwan, known for its Dutch colonial fort, Presbyterian missions, and the distinctive golden light that settles over the river estuary at sunset. Yoshida visited Taiwan — then under Japanese colonial administration — in 1941, and his prints of the island document its distinctive blend of Chinese, indigenous Taiwanese, and colonial architecture. The estuary landscape, with its wide tidal flats and distant mountain backdrop, offered him compositional possibilities he exploited with characteristic skill.
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.
Tansui was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1941.
Tansui was published by Yoshida Studio (1941).
Tansui depicts rivers & lakes, seascapes, and travel scenes.
