Toshi Yoshida Ida Bridge, Tokyo Life time Edition

Tokyo in the Day, Ida Bridge, Life time Edition by Toshi Yoshida 1939
Life Time Edition Signed in pencil lower margin, Artist's seal
Measures about 10 1/2 by 7 7/8 inches
Very good condition, tape residue on verso top corners
YSH58 $675

The Japanese Yoshida family members have been artists, screen and scroll designers and print makers since the 1600's. With the advent of the Shin Hanga, Yoshida Hiroshi began creating in this style. He went on to become one of the greatest artists of the Shin Hanga movement and to inspire future generations of his family. His son, Toshi Yoshida, founded the Yoshida Hanga Academy at Miasa, in the Japanese Alps. Known as the Bunkacenter, it became the most influential school for Japanese woodblock printmaking. Today it is run by Toshi's son Tsukasa Yoshida, born 1949.