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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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Zhang Fei on the Long Sloped Bridge Turning Away One Million Wei Troops with a Powerful Stare

Zhang Fei on the Long Sloped Bridge Turning Away One Million Wei Troops with a Powerful Stare (1884)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Preparatory Drawing for an Illustration of the Book; Mirror of Famous Japanese Generals

Preparatory Drawing for an Illustration of the Book; Mirror of Famous Japanese Generals (1882)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Kitayama moon (Kitayama no tsuki)

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

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
The Murder of Shin, the Teacher’s Daughter, in Honjo

The Murder of Shin, the Teacher’s Daughter, in Honjo (1875)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Kazamado Hanji in Light Rain

Kazamado Hanji in Light Rain (1866)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Nagazashi Gonji by a Lotus Pond

Nagazashi Gonji by a Lotus Pond (1865)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Lady Chiyo and the broken water bucket

Lady Chiyo and the broken water bucket (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Sagami Jirō and Taira no Masakado Attacking an Opponent on Horseback

Sagami Jirō and Taira no Masakado Attacking an Opponent on Horseback (1883)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Miyamoto Musashi Slashing a Tengu

Miyamoto Musashi Slashing a Tengu (1865)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Huai River Moon – Wu Zixu (Waisui no tsuki – Goshisho)

Huai River Moon – Wu Zixu (Waisui no tsuki – Goshisho) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Hatchōtsubute Kiheiji’s Wife Yatsushiro with a Dog

Hatchōtsubute Kiheiji’s Wife Yatsushiro with a Dog (1866)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Tsuchigumo

Tsuchigumo

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Ryūgūjō

Ryūgūjō (1880)

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)
Annals of the Meiji Period; The Rebel Insurrection in the Kagoshima Disturbance

Annals of the Meiji Period; The Rebel Insurrection in the Kagoshima Disturbance (1877)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
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