Born in Yokohama in 1924 (Taisho 13) and raised in Tokyo, Chizuko graduated from the oil painting department of Sato Girls’ High School (now the High School Affiliated with the University of the Arts, Tokyo) during a time when the threat of war was looming, and she continued her studies with the goal of becoming a painter. In 1948, she joined the Avant-Garde Art Research Society led by the avant-garde artist Taro Okamoto, and from then on, she shifted her artistic style toward abstraction.
　Chizuko’s creative activities underwent a significant change in 1953 when she married printmaker Hotaka Yoshida (1926–1995). As cultural exchanges between Japan and the United States intensified in the 1950s, Chizuko became involved in printmaking as a member of the Yoshida family, producing numerous highly polished abstract prints characterized by an exceptional sense of color. In 1956, she founded the Women’s Printmakers’ Association, Japan’s first printmaking group led by women (active until 1965). From 1967, she lived with her family in Inokashira, Mitaka City, and continued her artistic practice there until her later years. In 1970, she won an award at the Glenhen International Color Print Triennial Exhibition, and the works she began creating in the late 1970s—featuring familiar creatures and plants—gained widespread popularity. Her creative drive never waned until the end of her life (she passed away in 2017).