Yamanaka Lake (Yamanaka-ko), Shôwa period, dated 1929
- Date:
- Shôwa period, 1926-1989
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Typical Price
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.
- Jizuri (artist-supervised) seal: $1,500–$4,000
- Studio edition (no jizuri): $800–$2,000
- Posthumous/family workshop reprint: $300–$800
Description
This Shōwa-period impression of Yamanaka Lake (Yamanaka-ko), dated 1929, depicts the easternmost of the Fuji Five Lakes with the mountain's iconic profile reflected in the still water. Yamanaka-ko offered Yoshida some of the most direct and unobstructed views of Fuji available from any of the five lakes, the peak rising with unusual immediacy above the lake's northern shore. The print demonstrates the formal qualities that made Yoshida's Fuji series so influential: exceptional atmospheric clarity, the mountain's reflection doubling its visual weight, and the surrounding landscape rendered with restraint so as not to compete with the central subject.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yamanaka Lake (Yamanaka-ko), Shôwa period, dated 1929 was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in Shôwa period, 1926-1989.
Yamanaka Lake (Yamanaka-ko), Shôwa period, dated 1929 was published by Yoshida Studio (Shôwa period, 1926-1989).
Yamanaka Lake (Yamanaka-ko), Shôwa period, dated 1929 depicts landscapes and rivers & lakes.