Toshi Yoshida

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Ukiyo-e

Toshi Yoshida ~ Moku Hanga Artist

Two Lanterns

Toshi Yoshida,1911-1995, was a moku hanga artist.

~ The international movement of wood block
print making in the tradition of Ukiyo-e ~

Cherry Blossom by the Gate

Son of Hiroshi and Fujio Yoshida,
both of whom were artists, he grew up in a creative
environment starting to draw at the age of three.
It is said that his father, a very accomplished artist
was astonished by the quality of his drawings.

Umbrella

His father was keen to have Toshi
experience the world and took him
on sketching trips to India and South East Asia.

Tenryu River

By day father and son sketched and painted
and by night they travelled
on the trains to new places.

Wisteria at Ushijima, 1935

How the racemes of
white wisteria sway,
As though the night wind
blew the Milky Way
Hajin

He also visited and painted in China and Korea.
After the war he travelled and
lectured all over the world.

Double Cherry

Yoshida's favourite subjects were landscapes and animals.
He loved to use colour and large spaces in a realistic style.

Heijinga


Temple bells die out
The fragrant blossoms remain
A perfect evening!
Basho



In Japan, from 1980, he maintained
a print making school where many
foreigners went to learn Ukiyo-e.

Mirage

For a period after the death of his father
Yoshida experimented with abstracts
before returning to the moku hanga style.

Humming Bird and fuchsia

Toshi Yoshida's prints are covetted
by art lovers and collectors
and found in art galleries all over the world.



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