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.
Xiaogushan is a small rocky mountain in Liaoning Province, northeastern China, its pine-clad granite outcroppings rising from the sea near the city of Panjin. Yoshida traveled in Manchuria and northeastern China during the late 1930s, and his prints of the region document a landscape of rocky coastlines and pine forests that share visual affinities with the Seto Inland Sea scenery he knew intimately. The 1939 date places this print in a politically charged period, but Yoshida's vision remains consistently focused on the landscape itself rather than the geopolitical context through which he traveled.
1940
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Boshu Taikai
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
September 1931
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Xiaogushan was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1939.
Xiaogushan was published by Yoshida Studio (1939).
Xiaogushan depicts seascapes, trees, and mountains.
Xiaogushan measures 40.9 × 26.7 cm (Oban format).
