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Painful (Itaso), from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Painful (Itaso), from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)"

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi · 1888

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DETAILS
Artist
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Date
1888
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
37.4 × 25.3 cm (14 3/4 × 9 15/16)
Collection
Arts of Asia
Culture
Japan
Credit line
Margaret Gentles Fund
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was the last great master of ukiyo-e, pushing traditional Japanese woodblock printing to new heights amidst Japan's modernization.

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