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TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI · 1839–1892

YOSHITOSHIA world in woodblock.

Stories, legends and lives in colour.
An online catalogue raisonné of the work
of one of Japan’s great print artists.

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月岡芳年

FUJIWARA NO YASUMASA · 1883Playing the flute by moonlight ↗
HISTORY · THEATRE · FOLKLORE · EVERYDAY LIFE↓

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About Yoshitoshi

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi’s career crossed the final years of the Edo period and the early Meiji era—a time when Japan was undergoing profound change.

His work brings together heroic history and haunting folklore, the drama of kabuki and the small gestures of everyday life. Traditional woodblock printing became a medium for an intensely individual imagination.

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yo o tsumete
terimasarishi wa
natsu no tsuki

holding back the night
with its increasing brilliance
the summer moon

— Yoshitoshi’s death poem
Onogawa Kisaburō blowing smoke at a one-eyed monster
One Hundred Ghost Stories of China and Japan ↗

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41 series

Battle of Cats and MiceByōso kassen1859Tale of the Forty-Seven RōninKanadehon chūshingura1860Modern Celebrities of the EastImayō hiiki azuma-e1860Famous Places of the TokaidoTōkaidō meisho no uchi1863Modern Journey to the WestTsūzoku saiyūki1864–1865One Hundred Ghost Stories of China and JapanWakan hyaku monogatari1865Fan TokaidoSuehiro gojūsan tsugi1865A Celebration of GallantryIsami no kotobuki1865Biographies of Modern MenKinsei kyōgiden1865–1866Famous Fights Between Brave MenEimei kumiuchi zoroi1865–1866Handsome and Brave Heroes of the SuikodenBiyū suikoden1866–1867Twenty-Eight Famous Murders with VerseEimei nijūhasshūku1866–1869Eight Views from Fine Tales of WarriorsBidan musha hakkei1867–1868Tales of the Floating World on Eastern BrocadeAzuma no nishiki ukiyo kōdan1867–1868Strong Heroes of the Water MarginGōketsu suikoden1868Portraits of True Loyalty and Chivalrous SpiritSeichū gishinden1868Selection of 100 WarriorsKaidai hyaku sensō1868–1869Historical Biographies of the Loyal RetainersSeichū gishi meimei ga-den1869Theater Portrait Pairs for the Iroha SyllabaryShin-zō gekijō iroha ittsui1869Beautiful Women and Fancy Dishes in TokyoTōkyō ryōri sukoburu beppin1871Biographies of Valiant Drunken TigersKeisei suikoden1874Postal NewsYūbin hōchi shinbun1875–1877Mirror of Beauties Past and PresentKokon hime kagami1875–1876Mirror of Famous Generals of JapanDai nippon meishō kagami1876–1882Barometer of EmotionsSeiū kandankei1876–1877Firemen’s Standards of All Great DistrictsKaku daiku matoi kagami1876Collection of DesiresMitate tai zukushi1877–1878Specialties of Restaurants in the Imperial CityKōto kaiseki beppin kurabe1878Short Illustrated History of Great JapanDai nihon shiryaku zue1879–1880Moral Lessons through Pictures of Good and EvilKyōkun zenaku zukai1880Pride of Tokyo’s Twelve MonthsTōkyō jiman jūni kagetsu1880Twenty-Four Hours at Shinbashi and YanagibashiShinryū nijūshi toki1880–1881Crazy Pictures of Famous Places in TokyoTōkyō kaika kyōga meishō1881Twenty-four Accomplishments in Imperial JapanKōkoku nijūshikō1881–1887Sketches by YoshitoshiYoshitoshi ryakuga1882Four Seasons at their HeightZensei shiki1883–1884Yoshitoshi’s Courageous WarriorsYoshitoshi musha burui1883–1886One Hundred Aspects of the MoonTsuki hyakushi1885–1892Personalities of Recent TimesKinsei jimbutsu shi1886–1888Thirty-Two Aspects of Customs and MannersFūzoku sanjūnisō1888Actors with Snow, Moon and FlowersSetsugekka no uchi1890

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