Yoshida Tōshi 吉田遠志, 1911-1995.
Tōshi Yoshida was the son of Hiroshi Yoshida, one of the most famous woodblock
print artists of the 20th century. He followed the family tradition, and centuries
old Japanese craft, of woodblock printmaking adopting and developing his signature style.
His close relationship with his father was instrumental in the pursuit of his art.
Together, father and son traveled Japan, and the globe, examining and sketching
people and places around them.
His son Yoshida Tsukasa, born 1949, is also a woodblock artist. For more information about this remarkable family see Yoshida family artists.
See:
- Helen Merritt and Nanako Yamada. Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975 (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, c1992), p. 177.
- Mary and Norman Tolman. Collecting Modern Japanese Prints Then & Now (Rutland Vermont & Tokyo Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1994), p. 246.
Creator.Personal Name: Yoshida Tōshi, 1911-1995.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: 白梅 [Hakubai = White plum blossoms]
Description: framed colored woodblock print; signed in English in the margin; seal within the image at bottom left; title in Japanese in the left margin and English in lower margin; date in Japanese in left margin.
Date: 1951.
Subject: Flowers
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: mat window 10 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Yoshida Tōshi, 1911-1995.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: 牛島の藤 [Wisteria at Ushijima]
Description: framed colored woodblock print; signed in English in the margin and Japanese within the image (with seal); title in Japanese in the left margin and English in lower margin; dates in Japanese in left margin.
Date: 1953.
Subject: Flowers
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 14 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
