A slim, bold, and brazen lady of the Yoshida family, Yoshida Chizuko was born in 1924 in Yokohama, Japan. Yoshida began her career in painting, studying watercolors at the Women's Specialist School of Fine Arts. After graduating in 1941, she studied mokuhan under Kitaoka Fumio and later attended the Hongo Art School until its destruction during an air raid. Yoshida was evacuated to Aomori Prefecture, where she quietly practiced sketching and the violin until the end of WWII. 

Following her return, she began submitting works to Taiheiyoga-kai and was made an associate member of the group in 1949. Three years later, Chizuko exhibited in a two-person show with artist Yoshida Hodaka, whom she married in 1954. Prior to marriage, Hodaka taught Chizuko the art of hanga, and the two attended Onchi Koshiro's Ichimoku-kai meetings. Alongside her husband, Yoshida went on to become a highly successful artist in her own right. She exhibited with the CWAJ in 1953 and became a member of the Nihon Hanga Kyokai the following year. In addition to confounding the Women's Print Association in 1956, Yoshida exhibited with Joryu Hanga Kyokai and was an active member of both Shun'yokai and the Graphic Arts Club. From 1957-58 she traveled extensively to areas of the United States, Europe, and Asia and was in a variety of international exhibitions. Yoshida's prints from the early 1960s often feature abstract color and form, whereas later works combine photoengraving and woodblock techniques. Being a dedicated musician, many works such as Sounds in the Night (1953) and Frozen (1955). have strong musical influences and often appeal as much to the ear as the eye. Her most common motifs are butterflies, flowers, and shells. Yoshida Chizuko passed away in 2017 at the age of ninety-three.