Designer: Toshi Yoshida | Date: 1942

Paper size: 20cm by 28cm | Enlargement | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: $ 260.00£ 205.00€ 239.00 [Reprinting]

Description: Toshi Yoshida was a prolific artist who left behind a vast catalogue of images when he passed away in 1995. His family has continued to have his designs re-printed posthumously, so the signature you see in the corner is not a hand-drawn signature by the artist, but was instead printed by the printer. The prints here at Mokuhankan are recent re-printings by our partner Numabe Shinkichi, using the original blocks (You can click his name above for a little more information about him.)

Up until his father passed away in 1950, Toshi Yoshida mainly followed in his father’s footsteps by creating landscapes around Japan in the shin-hanga style. These are the prints he is most famous for, but he later experimented with many different subjects and styles. We hope you will enjoy the interesting selection of his works available here.

Shirasagi castle is also known as Himeji castle. Unlike most depictions of it in art and photography, where the castle takes up much of the frame and looks rather imposing, the castle in Yoshida's design is set in the distance as part of the background. This makes for a unique take at a popular tourist destination.