Toko Shinoda (b.1913) NOH PLAY Lithograph, 1999, signed l.l., numbered 9/50 in pencil, printed by K Kimura embossed l.l. image 35.5 x 25cm approximately, framed and glazed 'A conservative renegade; a liberal traditionalist...'; this is how Toko was described in a 1983 TIME magazine article and this is borne out in her work, which manages to effortlessly marry the tradition of ancient calligraphy with the abstract of modern art. She held her first exhibition at the age of twenty, and her works can now be seen in numerous permanent collections, such as those in the British Museum, New York’s Museum of Modern Art and the Rijks Museum in Amsterdam, and other leading institutions around the world.
