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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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Nomi no Sukune Wrestling with Taima no Kehaya

Nomi no Sukune Wrestling with Taima no Kehaya (1885)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Konda Teihachirō Tadakazu and Makara Jūrōzaemon Naozumi Grappling by the Water

Konda Teihachirō Tadakazu and Makara Jūrōzaemon Naozumi Grappling by the Water (1866)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Okiyo, Daughter of a Gardener in Mukōjima and a Foreigner

Okiyo, Daughter of a Gardener in Mukōjima and a Foreigner (1875)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Shutendōji Surrounded by Women

Shutendōji Surrounded by Women (1865)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Preparing to Take a Stroll; The Wife of a Nobleman of the Meiji Period

Preparing to Take a Stroll; The Wife of a Nobleman of the Meiji Period (1888)

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)
Gen’i viewing the Moon from his castle

Gen’i viewing the Moon from his castle (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Muraoka of the Konoe Clan Bound with Rope

Muraoka of the Konoe Clan Bound with Rope (1885)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Yūgao dana nōryō zu

Yūgao dana nōryō zu (1880)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Soga no Gorō Riding on Horseback to Ōiso

Soga no Gorō Riding on Horseback to Ōiso (1882)

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)
Omoi tsuzura

Omoi tsuzura

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Shizu Peak moon (Shizugatake no tsuki)

Shizu Peak moon (Shizugatake no tsuki) (1885-1892)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
Yorimasa Awaiting the Nue

Yorimasa Awaiting the Nue (1882)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
The Greedy Old Woman with a Box of Demons

The Greedy Old Woman with a Box of Demons (1865)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892)
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