Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was born in Edo in 1839 to a wealthy merchant family. At the age of 11 he became the student of Kuniyoshi. Yoshitoshi learned the elements of western drawing techniques and perspective through studying Kuniyoshi's collection of foreign prints and engravings.
Yoshitoshi is widely recognized as the last great master of ukiyo-e. He was an amazing artist and his design style was much more realistic than other Japanese artists. Yoshitoshi struggled with mental issues and much of that struggle came out in his work of violent themes (muzan-e) of murder and war.
Conversely, he is also well known for the beauty and creativity of his series "100 Aspects of the Moon", "32 Aspects of Women's Customs and Manners", "A Collection of Desires", and his imaginative "New Forms of 36 Ghosts".
Yoshitoshi's Famous Print Series
Famous Print Series
Thirty-two Aspects of Women's Customs and Manners
Considered Yoshitoshi's finest series of bijin-ga, or pictures of beautiful women. The women depicted come from all social classes.
The series was printed using premium techniques, such as bokashi shading, embossing, and burnishing. Prints from this series are in major museum collections worldwide.
famous print series
100 Aspects of the Moon
A gorgeously conceived series, published in batches between 1885 and 1892. The prints depict various aspects of the moon - so the moon is pictured in each print, similar to Hokusai’s 100 views of mount fuji - where mount fuji is worked into each design.
Yoshitoshi used the themes of Japanese and Chinese anecdotes, historical events, and mythology, this includes famous warriors, notable women, demons, and ghosts as interpreted through Yoshitoshi’s fertile imagination.
famous print series
100 Ghost Stories of China and Japan
In 1865 we get into the territory that Yoshitoshi was famous, or infamous for, his first major series on ghosts. It was called “One hundred ghost stories of China and Japan” but Only 26 of the 100 prints were ever published. The series was based upon a game where scary stories are told by candlelight. This series foreshadows many more scary and gruesome designs to come.
Featured Yoshitoshi Prints - Available Now
Yoshitoshi - 28 Famous Murders with Verse
Yoshitoshi - Thirty-two Aspects of Women's Customs and Manners
Yoshitoshi - A Child of Ten - Postal News
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Videos
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Who Was Yoshitoshi?
View on YouTubeYoshitoshi has been called the last great ukiyo-e artist. Join me as we learn about his background, personality, and examine his famous print series.
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Yoshitoshi's Women
View on YouTubeYoshitoshi had the ability and skill to render beautiful and sensual images of women from different social classes. Join me as we explore this print series.
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Eastern Brocade Print Series
View on YouTubeA small but powerful series of diptych prints. Amazing for their composition, technical skill, beauty, and the fascinating stories behind them.
Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints
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Yoshitoshi - Miracles of Kotohira
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Yoshitoshi - Seven Brilliant Heroes
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Yoshitoshi - Suigetsuro Restaurant
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Yoshitoshi - Cherry
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Yoshitoshi - Thirty-two Aspects of Women's Customs and Manners
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