[1] She was also important as the middle link in the succession of three generations of women artists in the widely recognized Yoshida family.
Six months of this endeavor left Chizuko ill, forcing her to stop performing, though later in her career she would use dance-related themes in her visual work.
Chizuko then studied art at the Sato Girl's High School in Tokyo, where she began watercolor painting.
[2] In 1941, she studied design at Hongo Art Institute in Tokyo but did not get a degree because World War II interrupted her time there.
Pacific Painting Society), an art group established in 1902 by her future father-in-law Hiroshi Yoshida and Ishikawa Toraji.
Vermillion Leaf Society), a group for female oil painters established by her future mother-in-law Fujio Yoshida and her artist associates in 1920.
[2] During these seminars and through Tarō's teachings, Chizuko became interested in the relationship between Western modernism and traditional Japanese aesthetics, and began to adopt forms of abstraction in her work.
Women's Print Association) with eight other professional female printmakers, including Minami Keiko, Iwami Reika, Enokido Maki, Shishido Tokuko, and Kobayashi Donge.
Her woodblock prints range from geometric abstraction to music to phenomena in nature to beautiful gestures composed of butterflies or flowers.
In 2014, Chizuko was part of the exhibit "Breaking Barriers: Japanese Women and Print Artists 1950-2000" at the Portland Art Museum.