"Goju no To" (A Pagoda In Kyoto) by Toshi Yoshida 1911-1995). Printed 1942, Excellent impression, bold colors, highly detailed, strong crisp lines. Once tipped to presentation folder. Excellent condition. Some tiny ink smudge into lower margin which will easily mat out. Hand printed upon hand-made mulberry paper and with full margins.  English title "Pagoda in Kyoto" block impression with artist's signature pencil signed in English in lower margin. Japanese title "" (Goju no To), date "Showa 17 nen"(Printed in 1942) and "Jikoku" (means carved by myself) in left margin.  In the lower right of image are “Toshi” and his red seal. Paper size is about 10 and 5/8 by 7 and 1/2 inches.  Image size is 9 and ½ inches by 6 and ¾. Nice color print.

Toshi was born the eldest son into a family of painters and printmakers in 1911 in Tokyo. From an early age he learned the art of printmaking and painting from his father and his mother Fujio - an artist herself. Even his grandfather had worked as an artist. Thus the young Toshi grew up in that perfect environment that has the tendency to bring forth a genius. Toshi is said to have started drawing at the age of three. And the quality of the child's drawings astonished even his father. WhenToshi was nineteen years old; his father took him on a sketching trip to India in 1930 and later to Southeast Asia. In 1936 Toshi Yoshida stayed in China and Korea. After the end of World War II he traveled all over the world. In 1980 the artist opened a printmaking school in Nagano Prefecture. It was attended by a mix of international students. His works are found in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the British Museum to name a few.