Tsurugizan, Morning
- Date:
- 1926
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
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.
Tsurugizan in the morning light captures the jagged limestone peak of Mount Tsurugi in Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku — one of the most technically demanding ascents in Japan and a mountain whose name, meaning "sword mountain," describes its character precisely. Yoshida's 1926 print depicts the peak in the clarity of early morning, before atmospheric haze softens the ridgelines and snow fields that make Tsurugizan visually distinctive. The morning light, still low and directional, casts long shadows across the mountain's faces, giving the composition a sculptural three-dimensionality unusual in Japanese landscape prints.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Tsurugizan, Morning was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1926.
Tsurugizan, Morning was published by Yoshida Studio (1926).
Tsurugizan, Morning depicts landscapes and mountains.
