1951 Hiroshi Yoshida Woodblock, "Heinnje, Temple Bell", 10x15" in good condition.

Hiroshi Yoshida

   1876-1950

   Hiroshi Yoshida is considered one of the leading figures of the renewal of Japanese printmaking    after the end of the Meiji period (1912). The renewal was based on two groups of artists, the shin hanga (modern prints) and the sosaku hanga (creative prints) movement.

   Hiroshi Yoshida was born as the son of an elementary school principal. His artistic talent was   discovered early and at the age of 18 he entered a private art school in Tokyo. 

   Hiroshi started as a painter and soon won many art exhibition prizes. But it was not before 1920    that he began creating wood block prints. Yoshida Hiroshi then met Watanabe Shozaburo,    publisher and owner of the Watanabe print store in Tokyo. Watanabe published the first seven of  the wood block prints of Hiroshi Yoshida