Yoshida Hodaka

Yoshida Hodaka (1926–1995), born into the celebrated Yoshida family of print artists based in Tokyo, was a leading figure of postwar Japanese printmaking known for his surreal, abstract, and arrestingly colorful prints. Rebelling against the Yoshida family artistic style of realistic woodblock prints, Hodaka forged his own path. His unique style of surreal landscapes and abstract forms was inspired by his globe-spanning journeys, photography, poetry, ancient art, and the inventive methods of contemporaneous art movements. (Source: Asian Art Museum.)