Toshi Yoshida, "From the Ryogoku Bridge" (RS)

The Ryogoku Bridge in Tokyo is shown at night with reflections on the river. This lifetime edition contains an embossed seal near Toshi's signature indicating he oversaw printing but was too frail to sign his prints.

Date: 1939
Size: Chuban (approx. 7" x 10")
Published by Yoshida Studio, lifetime edition (embossed seal)
Condition: Pristine
Frame Shown: 14" x 18", Classic Wood, Clear Walnut

Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995) is one of the twentieth century's most important woodblock print artists. Toshi is part of a long and famous line of past and present artists whose influence and popularity persist to this day. His father, Hiroshi Yoshida, was a master painter and woodblock print artists at the height of the shin-hanga print movement.