Toshi Yoshida, "Iidabashi"

Iidabashi in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward is shown in simpler times in this pre-war design. Note the people going about their daily tasks. Soft, pastel colors wash over the design.

Date: 1939
Size: Chuban (approx. 7" x 10)
Later edition
Condition: Pristine
Publisher: Yoshida Studio
Frame Shown: 16" x 20", 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.