Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Japanese, 1839-1892

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi is widely recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting. He is also regarded as one of the form's greatest innovators. His career spanned two eras – the last years of Edo period Japan, and the first years of modern Japan following the Meiji Restoration.

Like many Japanese, Yoshitoshi was interested in new things from the rest of the world, but over time he became increasingly concerned with the loss of many aspects of traditional Japanese culture, among them traditional woodblock printing.

By the end of his career, Yoshitoshi was in an almost single-handed struggle against time and technology. As he worked on in the old manner, Japan was adopting Western mass reproduction methods like photography and lithography. Nonetheless, in a Japan that was turning away from its own past, he almost singlehandedly managed to push the traditional Japanese woodblock print to a new level, before it effectively died with him.

His reputation has only continued to grow, both in the West, and among younger Japanese, and he is now almost universally recognized as the greatest Japanese artist of his era.

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A Banquet at the Koshida Palace

A Banquet at the Koshida Palace (1886)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Bugaku Performance at the Imperial Palace during the Doll Festival

A Bugaku Performance at the Imperial Palace during the Doll Festival (1878)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Cat Interrupts a Dogfight to Avenge the Death of Her Mother

A Cat Interrupts a Dogfight to Avenge the Death of Her Mother (1875)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Celebration of Gallantry

A Celebration of Gallantry (1865)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Chronicle of the Pursuit of Rebels at Kagoshima

A Chronicle of the Pursuit of Rebels at Kagoshima (1877)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Chronicle of the Subjugation of Kagoshima; Battle around Kumamoto Castle

A Chronicle of the Subjugation of Kagoshima; Battle around Kumamoto Castle (1977)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Civilized Daruma

A Civilized Daruma (1882)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Competition among Powerful Magicians

A Competition among Powerful Magicians (1869)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Couple Enjoying the Flowering Evening Face Arbor

A Couple Enjoying the Flowering Evening Face Arbor (1886)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Geisha of the Mid-1870s Seated in a Boat

A Geisha of the Mid-1870s Seated in a Boat (1888)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Horrible Suicide; A Woman Slays Her Child then Kills Herself

A Horrible Suicide; A Woman Slays Her Child then Kills Herself (1878)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Kamezaki Brewer’s Celebration of His Good Fortune

A Kamezaki Brewer’s Celebration of His Good Fortune (1875)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Lady-in-Waiting of the Bunsei Period (1818-1830)

A Lady-in-Waiting of the Bunsei Period (1818-1830) (1888)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Memorial Portrait of Onoe Kikugorō IV

A Memorial Portrait of Onoe Kikugorō IV (1860)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Messenger from Korea in Audience with Tokugawa Ienobu

A Messenger from Korea in Audience with Tokugawa Ienobu (1875)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Modern Prince Genji at Chigogafuchi, Enoshima

A Modern Prince Genji at Chigogafuchi, Enoshima (1864)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A New Selection of Strange Events; Taira No Kiyomori Seeing Skulls in the Snowy Garden

A New Selection of Strange Events; Taira No Kiyomori Seeing Skulls in the Snowy Garden (1882)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Picture of the News from Kagoshima (Attack at School)

A Picture of the News from Kagoshima (Attack at School) (1877)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Police Patrol Preventing a Rape in a Graveyard

A Police Patrol Preventing a Rape in a Graveyard (1875)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Sudden Police Raid on Unlicensed Prostitutes

A Sudden Police Raid on Unlicensed Prostitutes (1875)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Triple Wedding in the Family of the Farmer Matsunosuke

A Triple Wedding in the Family of the Farmer Matsunosuke (1875)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Wicked Foreigner Refuses to Pay a Young Prostitute

A Wicked Foreigner Refuses to Pay a Young Prostitute (1875)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Widower Witnesses His Wife’s Ghost Nursing Their Child

A Widower Witnesses His Wife’s Ghost Nursing Their Child (1875)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

A Woman Saving the Nation; A Chronicle of Great Peace

A Woman Saving the Nation; A Chronicle of Great Peace (1886)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Actor as Musashibō Benkei in Kanjinchō

Actor as Musashibō Benkei in Kanjinchō (1879)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Ake Tamanosuke Seated by the Statue of a Chinese General

Ake Tamanosuke Seated by the Statue of a Chinese General (1866)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Akinoiro and His Father, Jinbei

Akinoiro and His Father, Jinbei (1881)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Amateur Prostitutes Fighting over a Client

Amateur Prostitutes Fighting over a Client (1875)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

An Indecorous Courtship

An Indecorous Courtship (1875)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

An Official; a Mother-in-Law

An Official; a Mother-in-Law (1885)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

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