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Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond, from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond, from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts"

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi · 1889

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Artist
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Date
1889
Medium
Color woodblock print
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Collection
Arts of Asia
Culture
Japan
Credit line
Bruce Goff Archive, gift of Shin'enkan, Inc.
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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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