23/12/2021
'Silence' (沈黙, Chinmoku), a 1973 colour woodblock print; dimensions: 22 3/8 x 15 5/8 inches; edition size: 150) by Yoshida Tōshi (吉田 遠志, 1911 – 1995), a Japanese printmaking artist closely associated with the sōsaku-hanga (創作版画, creative prints) art movement.
Tōshi was the first born son of twentieth century printmaker and landscape painter Yoshida Hiroshi 吉田 博, 1876-1950) who is generally regarded as one of the greatest ever artists of the shin-hanga (新版画, new prints) style.
His mother, Yoshida Fujio (吉田 ふじを, 1887-1987), was also a Japanese artist, known for both naturalistic and abstract watercolours, oils, and woodblock prints; the first female artist in fact among the esteemed Yoshida family of artists.
