Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

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

ABOUT

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, born Owariya Yonejiro in Edo in 1839, emerged as a pivotal figure in Japanese art during a period of immense change. Apprenticed to the renowned Kuniyoshi at age 11, he quickly adopted the name Yoshitoshi and honed his skills in draftsmanship, even studying Western techniques through his master's collection of foreign prints. His early career, marked by a debut print in 1853, gained significant momentum in the 1860s, a tumultuous era in Japan. Influenced…

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NOTABLE WORKS

The Moon over Gojo Bridge (Gojo no tsuki), from the series "Heroes for the Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Buyu setsugekka)" 1867 · Art Institute of Chicago 11 p.m., from the series "Twenty-Four Hours at Shinyanagi (Shinyanagi nijuyoji)" 1880 · Art Institute of Chicago Supernatural Beings at Shirazunoyabu in Yawata 1881 · Art Institute of Chicago Moon and Smoke (Enchu no tsuki), from the series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyaku sugata)" 1886 · Art Institute of Chicago Painful (Itaso), from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)" 1888 · Art Institute of Chicago Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond, from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts" 1889 · Art Institute of Chicago

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Utagawa KuniyoshiUkiyo-e

Influenced

Tadanori YokooGraphic Design/Pop Art Masami TeraokaContemporary Art