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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Moon of Enlightenment (Godo no tsuki)

Moon of Enlightenment (Godo no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Moon of Kintoki’s mountain (Kintokiyama no tsuki)

Moon of Kintoki’s mountain (Kintokiyama no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Moon of pure snow at Asano River (Asanogawa seisetsu no tsuki)

Moon of pure snow at Asano River (Asanogawa seisetsu no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Moon of the enemy’s lair (Zokuso no tsuki)

Moon of the enemy’s lair (Zokuso no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Moon of the filial Son (Koshi no tsuki)

Moon of the filial Son (Koshi no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Moon of the Lonely House (Hitotsuya no tsuki)

Moon of the Lonely House (Hitotsuya no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Moon of the pleasure quarters (Kuruwa no tsuki)

Moon of the pleasure quarters (Kuruwa no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Moon of the Red Cliffs (Sekiheki no tsuki)

Moon of the Red Cliffs (Sekiheki no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Moon of the Southern Sea (Nankai no tsuki)

Moon of the Southern Sea (Nankai no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Moon on the Sumida River

Moon on the Sumida River (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Moon over the pine forest of Mio

Moon over the pine forest of Mio (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Moonlight Patrol (Gekka no sekko)

Moonlight Patrol (Gekka no sekko) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Mount Ashigara moon (Ashigarayama no tsuki)

Mount Ashigara moon (Ashigarayama no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Mount Ji Ming moon (Keimeizan no tsuki)

Mount Ji Ming moon (Keimeizan no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Mount Miyaji moon (Miyajiyama no tsuki)

Mount Miyaji moon (Miyajiyama no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Mount Otowa moon (Otowayama no tsuki)

Mount Otowa moon (Otowayama no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Mount Tobisu dawn moon (Tobisuyama gyogetsu)

Mount Tobisu dawn moon (Tobisuyama gyogetsu) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Mount Yoshino midnight-moon (Yoshinoyama yowa no tsuki)

Mount Yoshino midnight-moon (Yoshinoyama yowa no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Mountain moon after rain (Ugo no sangetsu)

Mountain moon after rain (Ugo no sangetsu) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Musashi Plain moon (Musashino no tsuki)

Musashi Plain moon (Musashino no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Nakamaro views the Moon in China

Nakamaro views the Moon in China (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Portrait of Yoshitoshi

Portrait of Yoshitoshi (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Rainy moon (Uchu no tsuki)

Rainy moon (Uchu no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Reading by the moon (Dokusho no tsuki)

Reading by the moon (Dokusho no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Received back into Moon Palace (Gekkyo no mukae)

Received back into Moon Palace (Gekkyo no mukae) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Rendezvous by moonlight

Rendezvous by moonlight (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Rising moon over Mount Nanping (Nanpeizan shogetsu)

Rising moon over Mount Nanping (Nanpeizan shogetsu) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Saga Moor moon (Sagano no tsuki)

Saga Moor moon (Sagano no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Seson temple moon (Sesonji no tsuki)

Seson temple moon (Sesonji no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

Shinobugaoka moon (Shinobugaoka no tsuki)

Shinobugaoka moon (Shinobugaoka no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)

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