Toshi Yoshida

Toshi Yoshida Japanese Woodblock Prints

吉田 遠志

Toshi Yoshida - Ishiyama Temple - SOLD

Picture 15 of 49

Artist:Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995)
Title:Ishiyama Temple Kyoto
Date:1946
Edition:Lifetime edition, pencil signed at lower right.
Publisher:Yoshida Studio
Printer:Yoshida Studio
Carver:Toshi Yoshida
Description:This is Toshi Yoshida's first post WW2 woodblock print after his print work stopped during 1942. It's also notable as it is his first oban size (15x10 inches) print with all his previous prints being chuban size (10x7 1/2 inches). This print bears the "jikoku" (self-carved) seal in upper left margin.

Toshi's grand mother Rui appears in the lower left of the print as an elderly woman with glasses (from Yoshida Toshi: Nature, Art and Peace by Eugene M. Skibbe).
Availability:

This print has been sold. The image and description have been retained for reference purposes.


Toshi Yoshida - Ishiyama Temple