Tsukioka Yoshitoshi - Complete List of Print Series (by date)

The tables below are a detailed listing of all known Yoshitoshi print series (i.e. not including individual prints, but including multi-panel prints). They give information on titles, dates, format, and the number of prints in the series; in addition, it notes their series numbers in Keyes and "Beauty and Violence".

Title Kanji

The kanji given is that used by Yoshitoshi in the title cartouche. Due to the post-WWII simplification of written Japanese, the kanji now commonly used in Japanese publications about his work are sometimes different, simplified, forms; if so, they are given in brackets.

Dates

When a series took more than one month to come out, the dates given are the earliest and latest known prints from the series.

Note that prior to 1873, the dates are given in the Japanese lunar calendar used at that point, so a date such as '1860 (4)' is not April, 1860. Months marked as 'I' are intercalary months.

For dates after the switch to the solar calendar, and the new system of date seals, the day and month are given, not just the month.

Formats

Yoshitoshi usually used the larger ō-ban format for his prints; he used the smaller chū-ban format mostly for comic prints and prints intended for children.

Almost all of Yoshitoshi's ōban prints are in a vertical orientiation; a series listed as being in "ōban" format, with no other modifier, means 'vertical ōban'. Many are multi-panel prints; when so, this is indicated as 'diptych', 'triptych', etc.

Series Sizes

Where known, the number of prints in a series is shown. Counts given by Keyes, but not otherwise verified, are marked with a terminal 'K'. Where a series does not have any fixed number of prints, and we are unsure whether more prints remain to be discovered, we show the number of prints we currently have displayed, marked with a terminal '?'. If some prints in a series are known from written sources only, e.g. the list in Keyes, we list them in the form 'm+n', where 'm' are the prints we have displayed, and 'n' are the number known only from written sources.

Some series include one of more title pages or other supernumerary prints; such series use an '&' to delineate the supernumerary prints. Some series are collaborations with other artists; if so we only list the number of prints done by Yoshitoshi, not the size of the complete series. Such series are marked with a '#' in the count.

Tables

This list is based on the one in Keyes; he recorded a number of series which he had not seen himself, but which he had found listed in other sources. (See pp. 336-337 of this thesis for a discussion of these sources, and their reliability.) Unless we have found prints from such series, to verify that it actually exists (e.g. that it is not a duplicate listing for another series already listed here), these entries are marked with a '*' character next to the Keyes number.

1850s

Title (English)	Alternative Titles	Title (Rōmaji)	Title (Kanji)	Date	Format	Count	Keyes No.	B&V No.
Provinces of Japan		Dai nippon kuni zukushi	大日本國盡	1859	chūban		11*
The Battle of the Cats and Mice		Byōso kassen	猫鼠合戦	1859	chūban		12*

1860s

Title (English)	Alternative Titles	Title (Rōmaji)	Title (Kanji)	Date	Format	Count	Keyes No.	B&V No.
The Tale of the Forty-Seven Rōnin		Kanadehon chūshingura	假名手本忠臣蔵 (仮名手本忠臣蔵)	1860 (4 - 6)	chūban	12K	21
Modern Celebrities of the East	Edo Prints of Modern Celebrities	Imayō hiiki azuma-e	今様贔屓東繪	1860 (7)	ōban	2?	35	5
A Comparison of Flowers and Edo Actors		Edo no hana mitate hana kurabe		1861 (8)	ōban	1K	38
Elegant Portraits of Actors		Fūga wazaoki shinobu		1862 (5)	ōban	5K	62
One Hundred Warriors of Japan		Honchō hyakuyū den	本朝百勇傳	1862	ōban		84
Tokaido		Tōkaidō	東海道	1863 (4 - 5)	ōban	4# & Title	87
Famous Places of the Tokaido		Tōkaidō meisho no uchi	東海道名所之內	1863 (4 - 5)	ōban	4# & Title	88	8
Pictures of Famous Places with the Flowers of Edo		Edo no hana meisho		1863 (9)	ōban	2K	93
Comic Pictures of the Floating World		Ukiyo kyōga		1864 (5)	ōban	1K	109
A Modern 'Journey to the West'	A Modern Version of the Saiyūki A Modern 'Monkey King'	Tsūzoku saiyūki	通俗西遊記	1864 (10) - 1865 (2)	ōban	8K	116
Branches of Ten Famous Flowers		Meika jusshi		1864 (10)	ōban	10K	118*
A Celebration of Chrysanthemums		Kiku no kotobuki		1864	ōban		121*
One Hundred Ghost Stories of China and Japan	One Hundred Ghost Tales from China and Japan	Wakan hyaku monogatari	和漢百物語	1865 (2 - 9)	ōban	26 & Title	134	10
Folding-fan Fifty-Three Stages	Fan Tokaido	Suehiro gojūsan tsugi	末廣五十三次	1865 (5I)	ōban	15#	138
Brave Masters of the Art of War		Yūmei bujutsu no homare	勇名武術之誉	1865 (5I)	ōban	0+7?	139	11
A Celebration of Gallantry		Isami no kotobuki		1865 (8)	ōban	7K	145*
Biographies of Modern Men	Biographies of Fine Modern Men	Kinsei kyōgiden	近世侠義傅	1865 (10) - 1866 (4)	ōban	36 & Title	147	13
Lineup of Famous Fights Between Brave Men	Grappling Warriors	Eimei kumiuchi zoroi	英名組討揃	1865 (11) - 1866 (1)	ōban	6+3?	149	14
Handsome and Brave Heroes of the Suikoden	Handsome Heroes of the Water Margin Beauty and Valor in the Suikoden Sagas of Beauty and Bravery	Biyū suikoden	美勇水滸傳	1866 (4) - 1867 (4)	vertical chūban	50 & Preface, Table of Contents	166
Twenty-Eight Famous Murders with Verse	Heroes for the Twenty-eight Lunar Lodges with Poems	Eimei nijūhasshūku	英名二十八衆句	1866 (12) - 1867 (5)	ōban	14# & Title	183	14
A Mirror of the Sixteen Benefits of the Precious Transmission		Myōdenju jūrokuri kagami		1866	ōban		184*
Snow, Moon, and Flowers with Valiant Warriors		Buyū setsugekka no uchi		1867 (2)	ōban triptychs	1K	190
Chronicles of the Toyotomi Clan		Toyotomi kunkōki		1867 (6)	ōban triptychs	1	193
Heroes and the Five Elements		Eiyū gogyō no uchi		1867 (7)	ōban triptychs	1K	196	17
Eight Views from Fine Tales of Warriors		Bidan musha hakkei		1867 (8) - 1868 (2)	ōban triptychs	8	200	19
Tales of the Floating World on Eastern Brocade		Azuma no nishiki ukiyo kōdan	東錦浮世稿談	1867 (9) - 1868 (2)	ōban	41?+2	202	20
A Mirror of Mysterious Tales from China and Japan		Wakan kidan kagami		1867	chūban		203*
Valor in China and Japan		Wakan gōki zoroi		1868 (4)	chūban	8K	211
The Tale of the Eight Dogs of the Satomi Clan		Satomi hakkenden no uchi		1868 (4I)	ōban	1K	217
Strong Heroes of the Water Margin		Gōketsu suikoden	豪傑水滸傳	1868 (6)	ōban	7K	220
Portraits of True Loyalty and Chivalrous Spirit	Tales of True Loyalty	Seichū gishinden	誠忠義心伝	1868 (6)	ōban	14?+1	221	21
Selection of One Hundred Warriors	Yoshitoshi's Selection of One Hundred Warriors Selection of One Hundred Warriors in Battle Selection of One Hundred Aspects of Battle	Kaidai hyaku sensō	魁題百撰相	1868 (7) - 1869 (3)	ōban	57?+8	223	22
Bravery and Valor with the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac		Eiyū jūnishi		1868	chūban		232*
Loyalty and Righteousness in the Suikoden A Modern Suikoden		Chūgi suikoden Kinsei suikoden		1868	chūban		233*
Individual Biographies of the Forty-Seven Avenging Warriors		Fukushū gishi meimeiden		1868	ōban		234*
The Life of Hideyoshi		Taikōki		1868	ōban triptychs		249*
Historical Biographies of the Loyal Retainers	Individually Illustrated Biographies of the Loyal Retainers	Seichū gishi meimei gaden joshi		1869 (2)	chūban	49K & Preface	255
Courageous Warriors of the Takeda Clan		Takedake mushaburui		1869 (2)	ōban	2K	256
Biographies of Brave and Righteous Warriors		Gijin yūshiden		ca. 1869 (3)	yotsugiri	23K	257*
Untitled series of the Forty-Seven Ronin				1869 (4)	chūban	16K	258
Biographies of Warriors of Modern Fame		Kinsei kōsetsu shiden		1869 (12)	chūban	3K	259
Monsters		Kali zoroi		1869	ōban		262*
A Theater Alphabet of True Forms		Makoto no katachi gekijō iroha awase		1869	ōban		264*
A Record of the Advancement of Toyotomi Hideyoshi		Toyotomi shōshinroku		ca. 1869	ōban triptychs	3K	267
Chronicle of the Ascent of Toyotomi Hideyoshi		Toyotomi unshōroku		1869?	ōban triptychs		268*

1870s

Title (English)	Alternative Titles	Title (Rōmaji)	Title (Kanji)	Date	Format	Count	Keyes No.	B&V No.
Eight Views of Warriors in the Provinces		Shokoku musha hakkei		1871 (1)	ōban	5K	271
Eight Recent Battles		Kinsei hassensō		1871 (1)	ōban	1K	272
Fancy Dishes at Tokyo Restaurants	(Raving) Beauties at Tokyo Restaurants	Tōkyō ryōri sukoburu beppin	東亰料理頗別品 (東京料理頗別図)	1871 (9)	ōban	17?+2	274
Essays by Yoshitoshi	Miscellany of Figures From Literature Yoshitoshi's Miscellaneous Writing	Ikkai zuihitsu	一魁随筆	1872 (12) - 1873 (4)	ōban	12K	280	23
Forty-Eight Views of Famous Places by Moonlight		Meisho tsuki yonjūhakkei		1873	Unknown		287*
Biographies of Valiant Drunken Tigers		Keisei suikoden	竸勢醉虎傳 (競勢酔虎伝)	1874 (2)	ōban	12?+9	289	24
A Chronology of Strange Events in Modern Times		Kinsei kisetsu nempyō		1874 (11)	ōban	2K	292
Keen Competition Among Women in Eastern Pictures		Azuma sugato retsujo kurabe		1874?	ōban		306*
The Newspaper of Glory		Meiyo shimbun		1874	ōban		309*
New Tales of Honour		Meiyo shindan	名譽新談	1874 (10)	ōban	13K	318	26
Fifteen Generations of the Tokugawa Clan		Taiju jūgosei		1875 (4)	chūban	16K	313
Postal News	Postal Newspaper	Yūbin hōchi shimbun		1875 (4) - 1876	ōban (one triptych)	61? & Title	315	25
Exploits of the Tokugawa Clan		Kaisei gofūdoki		1875 (7)	ōban	2K	316
Brief Biographies of the Fifteen Rulers of the Tokugawa Clan	A Brief Account of the Rulers of the Tokugawa Clan	Tokugawa jūgodai kiryaku		1875 (7)	chūban	15K	317
Annals of the Tokugawa Administration		Tokugawa chiseki nenkan kiji		1875 (8) - 1876	ōban triptychs	10K	319
Modern Pictures for Instruction		Kyōkun kinsei zusetsu		1875		7K	324
An Account of the Fifteen Generations of the Tokugawa Clan		Tokugawa jūgodaiki		1875	ōban		328*
Mirror of Beauties Past and Present	Mirror of Beauties, Ancient and Modern	Kokon hime kagami	古今姫鑑	late 1875 or early 1876	ōban	9?	331
Mirror of Famous Generals of Japan	Mirror of Famous Commanders of Great Japan	Dai nippon meishō kagami	大日本名将鑑	ca. early 1876 - 1882 (2)	ōban	51 & Title	334	27
Barometer of Emotions		Seiū kandankei		ca. mid 1876 - 1877 (1)	ōban	9? + 5	335	28
Chronicle of the Imperial Restoration	Eyewitness Account of Events in the Imperial Restoration	Kōkoku isshin kenbunshi	皇國一新見聞誌	1876 (3.6) - 1876 (6.9)	horizontal ōban	12K	336	29
Seven Brilliant Stars		Kōmei shichiyōsei		1876 (5.9)	ōban	7K	337
Firemen's Standards of all Great Districts	A Mirror of Fireman's Standards in the Precincts of Tōkyō	Kaku daiku matoi kagami		1876 (12?.10)	ōban	10?K	338*	30
Annals of the Meiji Period		Meiji shōshi nenkan kiji		1876 (9.11) - 1877 (14.2)	ōban triptychs	5K	340
Modern Actors of the West		Tōsei saiyūki		1877 (6.3)	ōban	4K	350	31
Chronicle of the Conquest of Kagoshima		Kagoshima seitōki no uchi		1877 (13.3)	ōban triptychs	2K	351
Chronicles of the Conquest of Kagoshima: Pictures of Various Battles Near Kumamoto Castle		Kagoshima seitōki no uchi Kumamoto jō yori shosho sensō no zu		1877 (16.3 - 26.3)	ōban hexaptychs	2K	352
A Chronicle of the Subjugation of Kagoshima in Satsuma Province		Sasshū kagoshima seitōki no uchi		1877 (26.3 - 1.5)	ōban triptychs	2K	355
A Collection of Desires		Mitate tai zukushi	見立多以盡 (見立多以尽)	1877 (12) - 1878 (4.1)	ōban	20?	370
Snow, Moon, and Flowers in the Southwest		Seinan setsugekka		1877	ōban triptychs	1K	389
Untitled series of Officers in the Satsuma Rebellion				1877 or 1878	yotsugiri	4K	398
Eight Honourable Ways of Conduct	Eight Elements of Honour Eight Honourable Actions	Meiyo hakkō no uchi		1878 (10.1)	ōban	7K	399	33
Mirror of Wise and Benevolent Heroes of Japan	A Mirror of Wisdom, Benevolence, and Valor in Japan	Honchō chijin eiyū kagami		1878 (23.1 - 4)	ōban	10K	400
Specialties of Restaurants in the Imperial City	Specialties of Restaurants in the Capital A Contest of Beauty A Contest of Meetings Between Beautiful Women	Kōto kaiseki beppin kurabe	皇都會席別品竸 (皇都会席別品競)	1878 (2.4)	ōban	19? + 1	404
Records of Light and Darkness at Kagoshima	A Chronicle of Events at Kagoshima	Kagoshima meianroku		1878 (12.4 - 8)	ōban	8K	405	35
Beauties and Seven Flowers	Beautiful Women and Seven Bright Flower	Bijin shichiyōka		1878 (4)	ōban	7K	406	36
Beauties of the Seven Nights	Allusions to the Seven Stars Allusions to the Seven Planets	Mitate shichi yōsei		1878 (12)	ōban	7K	409
Three Prime Events in Tōkyō		Tōkyō sansei no uchi		ca. 1878	ōban	1K	410
The Kanayomi Newspaper		Kanayomi shimbun		1879 (6.2 - 15.2)	ōban	3K	414
News from the Kabuki Theater		Kabuki shimpō		1879 (26.2 - 26.3)	ōban	4K	415
Short Illustrated History of Great Japan	Simple Illustrated History of Great Japan	Dai nihon shiryaku zue	大日本史略圖會 (大日本史略図会)	1879 (4) - 1880 (20.4)	ōban triptychs	10K	418	38
Six Poems of Love and Valor	Six Poems of Romances With Heroes	Enyū rokkasen		1879 (12)	ōban	6K	419
Mirror of Famous Names of Great Japan		Dai nippon yūmei kagami		1879	vertical ōban

1880s

Title (English)	Alternative Titles	Title (Rōmaji)	Title (Kanji)	Date	Format	Count	Keyes No.	B&V No.
Moral Lessons through Pictures of Good and Evil		Kyōkun zenaku zukai	教訓善悪圖解	1880 (23.2 - 16.11)	chūban	40K	425
Pride of Tokyo's Twelve Months	Twelve Months with the Pride of Tokyo	Tōkyō jiman jūnikagetsu		1881 (23.3)	ōban	12	426
Twenty-Four Hours at Shimbashi and Yanagibashi	Twenty-Four Hours of the day at Shimbashi and Yanagibashi Twenty-Four Hours with the Courtesans of Shimbashi and Yanagibashi	Shinryū nijūshi toki	新柳二十四時	1880 (10)	ōban	24	427	39
Eastern Pictures of Heroic Women Compared	Heroic Women in Edo Prints Eastern Pictures of Remarkable Women	Azuma-e sugata retsujo kurabe		1880	ōban	5K	428	40
A Mirror of Strange Tales from China and Japan		Wakan kidan kagami		1880	chūban	3K	435
Crazy Pictures of Famous Places in Tōkyō	Comic Pictures of Famous Places Amid the Civiliztion of Tōkyō	Tōkyō kaika kyōga meishō		1881 (6.1)	horizontal chūban (issued in pairs on ōban sheets)	40K	436
Twenty-four Accomplishments in Imperial Japan		Kōkoku nijūshikō	皇國二十四功 (皇国二十四功)	1881 (30.5) - 1887 (9)	ōban	24	438	41
A Mirror of Filial Piety in Japan		Honchō chūkō kagami		1881	chūban	3K	441
A Mirror of the Achievements of Children		Osanadate kōmei kagami		1881	chūban	9K	442
Sketches by Yoshitoshi		Yoshitoshi ryakuga		1882 (10.5)	chūban in pairs on ōban sheets	40K	446	42
The Illustrated Free Newspaper		Eiri jiyū shimbun		ca. 1882	ōban	1K	452
Untitled series of Comic Pictures of Acts of the Chūshingura				ca. 1882	chūban	12K	453
Untitled series of Foreign Children and the Confucian Virtues				ca. 1882	aiban	6K	454
The Four Seasons at their Height		Zensei shiki		1883 (9)	ōban triptychs	3K	458
Yoshitoshi's Courageous Warriors	Yoshitoshi's Warriors Trembling with Courage Yoshitoshi's Finest Warriors Yoshitoshi's Incomparable Warriors	Yoshitoshi musha burui	芳年武者旡類	1883 (7.12) - 1886 (20.10)	ōban	33K	460	44
Illustrations for the 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms'	Illustration of a Chinese Story	Sangokushi zue no uchi		1883	ōban triptychs	2K	461
A Broadcast of the Miracles of Kotohira		Kotohira reigen kōhō		1884 (20.12)	ōban	3K	465
A Comparison of Temperaments		Kigen kurabe		1885 (10.5)	chūban	20K	470
An Educational Account of Self-made Men		Kyōiku risshiki		1885 (26.10 - 25.12)	ōban	4K#	476
One Hundred Aspects of the Moon		Tsuki hyakushi	月百姿	1885 (10) - 1892 (1.4)	ōban	100 & Title, Table of Contents	478	54
New Selection of Eastern Brocade Pictures		Shinsen azuma nishiki-e	新撰東錦絵	1885 (4.12) - 1889 (9.4)	ōban diptychs	23K	479	55
Sketches by Yoshitoshi		Yoshitoshi manga		1885 (17.12) - 1886 (14.12)	ōban diptychs	7K	482	57
The Yamato Newspaper		Yamato shimbun		ca. 1885 - 1888 (19.12)	chūban	7K	486
Personalities of Recent Times	Lives of Modern People	Kinsei jimbutsu shi	近世人物誌	1886 (12.10) - 1888 (25.5)	ōban	20	488
Untitled series of Parodies of Scenes from Kabuki Plays				ca. early 1886	chūban	K22?	495
Thirty-Two Aspects of Customs and Manners	Thirty-Two Aspects of Women	Fūzoku sanjūnisō	風俗三十二相	1888 (1.3 - 3.11)	ōban	32 & Title	503	63
The Yamato Newspaper		Yamato shimbun		1888 (23.6)	chūban	2K	504
New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts	Thirty-Six Supernatural Beings in New Forms	Shingata sanjūrokkaisen	新形三十六怪撰	1889 (15.4) - 1892	ōban	36 & Title	509	65

1890s

Title (English)	Alternative Titles	Title (Rōmaji)	Title (Kanji)	Date	Format	Count	Keyes No.	B&V No.
Snow, Moon and Flowers	Actors with Snow, Moon and Flowers	Setsugekka no uchi		1890 (8)	ōban tripychs	3K	517	69
The Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement				1892		6 & 2 Covers	523

Date uncertain

Title (English)	Alternative Titles	Title (Rōmaji)	Title (Kanji)	Date	Format	Count	Keyes No.	B+V No.
Wooden Bodies of the Loyal Retainers		Gishi mokutai		?	ōban		533*
Chronicle of the Ascent of Toyotomi Clan		Toyotomi unshōroku		ca. late 1860s	ōban		536*

Acknowledgements

Thanks to (in alphabetical order) Dawn C. Jegley, who rendered invaluable assistance with entering the data.

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