Temple and shrine subjects are among the most consistently popular categories in Yoshida's output. Standard jizuri prints of temple subjects cluster around $2,149 (dealer price benchmark from 1stDibs), with Chion-in Temple Gate listed at $3,600 and Toshogu Shrine in standard jizuri condition at approximately $2,149. Night or seasonal variants of temple subjects command additional premiums.
The Toshogu Shrine complex at Nikko — built by the Tokugawa shogunate beginning in 1617 to enshrine the dynasty's founder, Ieyasu, and among the most ornate architectural ensembles in Japan — provides the subject for this 1937 print, which depicts one of its elaborately gilded and carved structures amid the surrounding ancient cedar forest. Yoshida had returned to Nikko subjects throughout his career, drawn by the dramatic combination of dense forest, mountain setting, and baroque architectural decoration that made the Toshogu unlike any other site in Japan. The gold, red, and black lacquerwork of the Toshogu's buildings, nested within the towering cryptomeria, created the kind of visual counterpoint between natural and human splendor that Yoshida found most generative.
$3,600
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Toshogu Shrine (Toshogu) (Toshogu) was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1937.
Toshogu Shrine (Toshogu) uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Toshogu Shrine (Toshogu) was published by Yoshida Studio (1937).
Toshogu Shrine (Toshogu) depicts temples & shrines.
Toshogu Shrine (Toshogu) measures 27.2 × 40.5 cm (Oban format).
