Toshi Yoshida, "Friendly Garden, Pine Tree"

Issued in 1980 jointly by the Yoshida family and the Franklin Mint, this woodblock print is one of a trio of prints originally sold as a set or as a single sheet. It shows an immense pine tree set in a beautiful Japanese garden with two ducks enjoying the tranquility of the pond.

Date: 1980
Size: Kakemono (approx. 15" x 31")
Published by Artist (pencil-signed in Japanese)
Condition: Light tape on top verso, otherwise excellent
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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.