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TOSHI
YOSHIDA
 Born in 1911 in Tokyo as the first son of
the hanga artist and painter Hiroshi Yoshida, Toshi Yoshida was
raised in a milieu of artists in Japan's traditional art of wood-block
prints, including both parents and his grandparents. From as
early as the age of three Toshi is said to have shown signs of
exceptional talent in this art form. Even his father, a well-known
creator of hang in his own right, reportedly marveled at his
son's outstanding design creativity.
Maturing rapidly after attending the School
of the Pacific Arts Association. Toshi began making overseas
trips to seek new subject material, completing sketching tours
to India, Burma, and Ceylon by the age of 20. Thereafter he continued
his voyages, traveling widely through the Americas, Europe, Asia,
Africa, and Antarctica. During this time he gave countless lectures
abroad and held innumerable overseas exhibitions of wood-block
prints, and his own works were acquired for the permanent collections
of the world's leading museums, such as the New York Museum of
Modern Art and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Toshi Yoshida's hanga have thereby gained recognition throughout
the world as well as in Japan, and his studio has continually
open to aspiring artists from all countries.
Yoshida turned to the production of Hanga
featuring animals and nature as motifs. Among his later prints,
some are the largest in the World.
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