Michiko Toyota

Japan

Born 1952

Born in 1952, Michiko was given her first art lessons by her artist grandfather. While working as a Yuzen kimono artist, she studied botanical art under Yoshio Futakuchi and Yoai Ohta, and started participating in group botanical art exhibitions and teaching botanical art. Fascinated by wild plants indigenous to Japan, Michiko closely observes their form and captures it on paper and has won awards for both botanical art and kimono textile design.

Works by Michiko Toyota in the collection

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Bird of Paradise Flower
Strelitzia reginae Banks

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Seedlings of Oak
Quercus serrata

 

Dr Shirley Sherwood Presents: 'Seedlings of Oak' by Michiko Toyota

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This painting of Quercus serrata by Japanese artist, Michiko Toyota, follows an acorn’s first steps as it grows roots and leaves to become an established plant. Displayed in ‘The Power of Trees’ at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery, 2025.