The edition type is the primary value driver for Yoshida prints. The jizuri seal — indicating the artist personally supervised every aspect of printing — typically commands 2–3× the price of posthumous reprints. Standard jizuri prints of Japanese landscapes cluster around $2,149 at dealer level (1stDibs benchmark). PBS Antiques Roadshow valued a pair of lifetime prints at $2,500 total (~$1,250 each) for non-jizuri examples.
Tomonoura's godowns — the traditional warehouses used to store cargo passing through this historic Seto Inland Sea port — line the waterfront with their white-plastered walls and dark tile roofs, a distinctively Japanese maritime architecture. Yoshida's 1930 print captures these functional buildings with the same visual attention he lavished on sacred architecture and mountain scenery, finding aesthetic value in the accumulated vernacular of a working harbor. The whitewashed walls reflect and modify the coastal light in ways that gave Yoshida rich material for his tonal explorations.
Woodblock print
Hansen, yoru
1926
Color woodblock print
1915
Color woodblock print
Hansen, asa
1926
Color woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Tomonoura Godowns was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1930.
Tomonoura Godowns was published by Yoshida Studio (1930).
Tomonoura Godowns depicts boats & ships, seascapes, and architecture.
Tomonoura Godowns measures 24.6 × 37.5 cm (Oban format).
