VTG JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT “PINE TREE OF THE FRIENDLY GARDEN” BY TOSHI YOSHIDA. THIS IS A VINTAGE WOODBLOCK PRINT BY TOSHI YOSHIDA. ISSUED IN 1980 BY THE FRANKLIN MINT GALLERY AND PUBLISHED BY THE YOSHIDA FAMILY PUBLISHERS. IT SHOWS AN IMMENSE PINE TREE SET IN A BEAUTIFUL JAPANESE GARDEN WITH TWO DUCKS ENJOYING THE TRANQUILITY OF THE POND. TOSHI IS PART OF A LONG AND FAMOUS LINE OF PAST AND PRESENT ARTISTS WHOSE INFLUENCE AND POPULARITY PERSIST TO THIS DAY. HIS FATHER, HIROSHI YOSHIDA, WAS A MASTER PAINTER AND WOODBLOCK PRINT ARTISTS AT THE HEIGHT OF THE SHIN-HANGA PRINT MOVEMENT. BORN IN TOKYO, TOSHI WAS THE SON OF THE FAMOUS WOODBLOCK PRINT ARTIST HIROSHI YOSHIDA. HE BEGAN STUDYING ART AT AN EARLY AGE AND QUICKLY DEVELOPED HIS SKILLS AS A PRINTMAKER. CONDITION: VERY GOOD. 1 SMALL TEAR IN THE BACK OF THE FRAME AS SHOWN. THERE IS ALSO SOME FAINT STAINING TO THE MATTE THAT SURROUNDS THE PAINTING AT THE TOP AS SHOWN IN OUR PHOTOS. PLEASE SEE ALL OF OUR DETAILED PHOTOS, THANK YOU!