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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

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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Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond

Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond (1889)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo and Oniyashi on a Beach

Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo and Oniyashi on a Beach (1878)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
The Fever of Taira no Kiyomori

The Fever of Taira no Kiyomori (1883)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Theater-district dawn moon (Shibaimachi no akatsuki)

Theater-district dawn moon (Shibaimachi no akatsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
The Policeman Aizawa Ihei Rescues a Young Girl from Drowning

The Policeman Aizawa Ihei Rescues a Young Girl from Drowning (1875)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Wanting to Meet Someone; A Courtesan of the Kaei Period (1848-1853)

Wanting to Meet Someone; A Courtesan of the Kaei Period (1848-1853) (1888)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
The moon’s invention (Tsuki no hatsumei)

The moon’s invention (Tsuki no hatsumei) (1885-1892)

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)
Shitakiri suzume

Shitakiri suzume

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Shigeno Yozaemon and a Bursting Shell

Shigeno Yozaemon and a Bursting Shell (1869)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
The cry of the fox (Konkai)

The cry of the fox (Konkai) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Minamoto Yorimitsu Ason Watching a Spider

Minamoto Yorimitsu Ason Watching a Spider (1865)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Nakamaro views the Moon in China

Nakamaro views the Moon in China (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Tsunenobu and the demon

Tsunenobu and the demon (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Sakanoue Tamuramaro in Rain of Arrows

Sakanoue Tamuramaro in Rain of Arrows (1876)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
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