Toshi Yoshida (Japanese, 1911-1995), Two Woodblock Prints

1951, includes Cherry Blossoms by the Gate and Heirinji, Temple Bell, artist's signature to lower margin, a red artist seal to lower left corner of the image, in left margin is the date and title of the print in Japanese, in the lower margin is the title in English, presented in identical manner under glass with an ivory mat in a speckled gilt wood frame.

Frame dimensions 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 in., Sight size 15 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.

From the Estate of the late Susan C. Frankenberg, Hillsborough, North Carolina

Toshi Yoshida was a distinguished Japanese woodblock printmaker and painter, renowned for his contributions to the shin-hanga and sosaku-hanga movements. Born in Tokyo as the eldest son of the esteemed artist Hiroshi Yoshida, he was immersed in an artistic environment from an early age. Due to polio-induced paralysis in his leg, Tōshi was unable to attend formal schooling and instead spent his childhood observing animals and assisting in his father's printmaking workshop. In the 1930s, he started creating landscape paintings and prints similar to his father's works, and the two artists traveled together, painting side by side. Yoshida went on to have a long and diverse career producing oil paintings, abstract woodcuts, and detailed woodblock prints of animals.

Very good condition; not examined outside of the frame.