Trained from an early age in the Western-style, she went on to create both naturalistic and abstract watercolors, oils, and woodblock prints.
Her father and mother had a family of four girls, but to begin with no son was born to carry on Kasaburo's work as a Western-style artist.
After Kasaburo died, Hiroshi enrolled Fujio in some of the best Western-style studios in Tokyo.
Only 16 years old, Fujio was an instant American art world phenomenon, admired for her beauty and exotic kimono, but even more so for her graceful watercolor scenes of Japan.
In 1911, her first son, Tōshi Yoshida was born, but within a year he had contracted polio, leaving him partially paralyzed.
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts featured her work in its 2002 exhibit and catalogue, “A Japanese Legacy: Four Generations of Yoshida Family Artists.”