Japan | Japanese Art

Toshi Yoshida Posthumous Print Signature

Jan 6, 2011 | Toshi Yoshida, Woodblock Print

In my original article on Toshi Yoshida woodblock print signatures I omitted to include a sample of what you will find on the verso of the prints. As the verso tells you clearly if a print is a Toshi Yoshida lifetime edition (either pencil signed or raised seal...

Toshi Yoshida The Friendly Garden Triptych

Dec 4, 2010 | Franklin Mint, General, Toshi Yoshida, Woodblock Print

The Japanese woodblock print triptych The Friendly Garden by Toshi Yoshida has been added to the gallery. The three woodblock prints show the Yoshida family garden. The left hand woodblock print is titled “Pine Tree of the Friendly Garden”, the middle...

Toshi Yoshida Woodblock Print – Village of Plums

Nov 30, 2010 | General, Toshi Yoshida, Woodblock Print

Recent eBay purchase of Toshi Yoshida’s woodblock print titled Village of Plums has been added to the woodblock gallery. This is a lifetime pencil signed print depicting a spring landscape, looking down over a small village with white plum trees in flower...

Benji ASADA – 1899-1984 Japanese Painter and Printmaker

Nov 19, 2010 | General, Woodblock Print

In 1914 he enrolled in the Kyoto City School of Fine Arts and Crafts (Kyôto Shiritsu Bijutsu Kôgei Gakkô), graduating in 1924. In 1927 he changed his name from Benji Nakanishi to Benji Asada, and in 1928 he participated in the publication of the magazine Han...

Sentaro Iwata (1901-1974)

Sep 3, 2010 | General, Sentaro Iwata, Woodblock Print

Sentaro Iwata was born in Asakusa district of Toyko. He studied with Ito Shinsui and later made newspaper and magazine illustrations until WWII. He is mainly known, however, for his woodblock prints of bijin (beautiful women) woodblock prints are known by the artist...