Yoshida Studio
吉田版画所
About Yoshida Studio
The Yoshida Studio (Yoshida Hanga-sho) was the private publishing workshop established by Hiroshi Yoshida in Tokyo. Unlike most shin-hanga artists who worked with commercial publishers, Yoshida maintained his own studio where he oversaw every aspect of print production — from initial design through carving and printing. This self-publishing approach gave him unusual artistic control and placed him in a unique position bridging the shin-hanga and sosaku-hanga movements.
The studio employed skilled carvers and printers who worked under Yoshida's direct supervision, and after his death in 1950, the workshop continued under the direction of his sons Toshi Yoshida and Hodaka Yoshida. The Yoshida family publishing operation produced some of the most technically accomplished woodblock prints of the twentieth century, with some prints requiring over ninety separate impressions. The studio's imprint is one of the most recognized marks in Japanese printmaking.
Artists (2)
Artists who published with Yoshida Studio
Notable Works
![[Garden of] Taj Mahal, No. 1 (Taji Maharu no niwa, dai ichi) by Hiroshi Yoshida](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/230993a7-d4f0-c979-c267-127d48e1ef1c/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
[Garden of] Taj Mahal, No. 1 (Taji Maharu no niwa, dai ichi)
Taji Maharu no niwa, dai ichi
1931
Color woodblock print; oban
A Calm Day
1930
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
A Canal in Venice
1925
Woodblock print
A Garden in Okayama on a Spring Morning
1933
Woodblock print, ink and colors on paper
A Garden in Summer
1933
Woodblock print
A Gate to the Stupa of Sanchi (Sanchi no mon)
Sanchi no mon
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
A Junk, Plate No. 4
1939
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
A Junk, printing order no. 2
1939
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
![A Little Restaurant [at Night] (Ryoriya no yoru) by Hiroshi Yoshida](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/e0e87290-6b97-4999-6986-731f7a56bbc9/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
A Little Restaurant [at Night] (Ryoriya no yoru)
Ryoriya no yoru
1933
Color woodblock print; oban
A Little Temple Gate
1933
Color woodblock print
A Market in Mukden
1937
Color woodblock print
A Park in Guangzhou
1941
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
A Spa in Spring
1940
Color woodblock print
A Spa in Spring (Later printing by Toshi Yoshida)
1940
Woodblock print
A Window in Fatehpur-Sikri
1931
Woodblock print
A Window in Fatehpur-Sikri from the series “India and Southeast Asia”
1931
Color woodblock print
A Window in Fatehursikri
Not set
Woodblock print
Abuto in the Morning, from the series "Abuto"
1930
Color woodblock print
Afternoon, from the series "Sailboat Boats"
1926
Color woodblock print
An Osaka Canal
1941
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Arab in Bagdad
Woodblock print
Arashiyama (Later printing by Toshi Yoshida)
1935
Woodblock print
Arashiyama, from the series "Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms"
1935
Color woodblock print
Aspen
Woodblock print
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Yoshida Studio (Yoshida Hanga-sho) was the private publishing workshop established by Hiroshi Yoshida in Tokyo. Unlike most shin-hanga artists who worked with commercial publishers, Yoshida maintained his own studio where he oversaw every aspect of print production — from initial design through carving and printing. This self-publishing approach gave him unusual artistic control and placed him in a unique position bridging the shin-hanga and sosaku-hanga movements.
Yoshida Studio was active 1920–1995 (吉田版画所).
Notable artists published by Yoshida Studio include Hiroshi Yoshida and Toshi Yoshida.
Hanga catalogues 317 prints published by Yoshida Studio, spanning the publisher's full active period.
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