Toshi Yoshida, "Hyoroku" (PS)

A standout design in Toshi Yoshida's oeuvre, this beautifully printed work shows a street lined with restaurants, shops, and pedestrians. The serene glow of the lights contrasted against the darkness of night gives this design a warm and nostalgic atmosphere. A rare, lifetime edition printing. 

Date: 1951
Format: Oban
Lifetime edition, pencil signed
Publisher: The Artist
Condition: Excellent/fine color and condition
Frame Shown: 16" x 24" x 1/2", Classic Wood, Ebony

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.