The life and work of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was profoundly shaped by a collision of two cultures that could not have been more different. Born into the world of feudal Japan, Yoshitoshi grew up in the civil wars of the crumbling Japanese shogun empire. A world characterized by warlords, violence, and the code of honor of the samurai, Japan's warrior caste. Japanese culture was characterized by centuries of self-imposed isolation from its environment. Into this secluded world, Western culture burst in 1853 in the form of U.S. gunboats that forced an economic opening. The Western culture of the 19th century had a shocking effect on the technically and militarily hopelessly inferior Japanese. Yoshitoshi initially showed great interest in Western culture. However, the culture shock led the artist in the end to a return to traditional Japanese forms of art and expression.
Yoshitoshi grew up in the samurai culture and at the age of 11 became an apprentice to Utagawa Kunivoshi, a master of traditional Japanese woodblock art. This Japanese art form came under pressure from the new mass production of images in the form of lithography and photography with the economic and technical opening to the West. Yoshitoshi's woodblock prints were popular in Japan towards the end of the 19th century, and he also succeeded in publishing them in newspapers and magazines that were based on Western models. However, his art form slowly disappeared from the cultural context. With the emergence of modern Japan, Yoshitoshi and his art disappeared from public memory and was rediscovered only in the 1970s. Today, Yoshitoshi is considered the last representative of Japanese woodblock art.
Yoshitoshi's popularity in Meiji period Japan is partly a protest against the tendencies of Westernization in Imperial Japan, and partly lies in his repertoire. His early works in particular were characterized by extreme depictions of death and violence. They thus corresponded to the life experience of most Japanese in the civil wars of that era. Excessive violence and lawlessness were the order of the day. The clash of civilizations left a feeling of uprootedness and chaos. All of this can be found in Yoshitoshi's cuts.
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.jpg "Banzuiin Chobei (from the series Story of Brocades of the East in the Floating World) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon #7, Inaba Mountain Moon - The Young Toyotomi Hideyoshi Leads a Small Group Assaulting the Castle on Inaba Mountain; 1885, Twelfth Month by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Feeling Pain: Customs and Manners of a Courtesan of the Kansei Era by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro I, from the series \"Reminiscences of Elegant Actors\" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Looking Smoky. A Housewife of the Kyowa Era, 1880 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Heron Maiden from the series \"New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts\" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Benkei Calming the Waves at Daimotsu Bay: #12 of One Hundred Aspects of the Moon by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond, from the series \"New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts\" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Musashibo Benkei in the Play \"The Subscription List\" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Watanabe no Tsuna, with Bow and Arrows, at the Palace of the Demon Ibaraki, pub. c.1880 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Evening Glow at Saijozan from Eight Views from Fine Tales of Warriors (Bidan musha hakkei) Meiji Era, 1868 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Fujiwara no Kinto Plucks Plum Blossoms: #47 of One Hundred Aspects of the Moon by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Gamo Sadahide’s Retainer, Toki Motosada, Hurling a Demon King to the Ground by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Illustration of a Large French Port Trading with Many Nations, 4th Month, 1866 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Four PM, from the series \"Twenty-Four Hours in Shinbashi and Yanagibashi\" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Omori Hikoshichi from the series “New Forms of the Thirty-Six Ghosts” by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Parting of Yoshitsune and Shizuka Gozen in the Yoshino Mountains, 1892 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Courtesans Readying for the Evening Activities by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Waking Up: A Girl of the Koka Era by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "The Moon in Smoke: #22 of One Hundred Aspects of the Moon by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Plum Blossoms in the Forest of Ikuta, from the series Bravery-Beauty of the four seasons, 1867 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Frost fills the air and the autumn air is still, lines of returning geese cross the moon in the third hour, from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Collection of Desires, Wish for Foreign Travel Mitate Tai zukushi-yoko ga shitai by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Woodblock Print Triptych - Gentoku Visiting Komei in His Retreat, in a Snowstorm, Late 19th Century by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing the Flute by Moonlight by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Shoki Capturing a Demon, 1890 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Gamo Sadahide’s Retainer, Toki Motosada, Hurling a Demon King to the Ground at Mount Inohana in Kai Province by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Boats Returning to the Ryukyu Islands from Eight Views from Tales of Fine Warriors, Meiji era, 1868 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Picture of the Hell Courtesan’s Enlightenment, 1890 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Gentoku Visiting Komei in His Retreat, in a Snowstorm by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "The Woman Shizunome Ohyaku by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Komagine Hachibyoe aiming a pistol at the viewer (Honderd krijgers geselecteerd door Yoshitoshi) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "The drunken Lu Chi Shen destroys the temple guardian figure of the temple Godaizan by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Priest RaigĹŤ of Miidera Transformed by Wicked Thoughts, into a Rat by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Omori Hikoshichi Encounters a Ghost (New Appearances of 36 Ghosts) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Tales from the Floating World on Eastern Brocade, Hanji in the Rain, 9th Month 1867 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "The Tengus, c1880, 1926 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Mount Yoshino Midnight Moon - Iga no Tsubone: #15 of One Hundred Aspects of the Moon by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Lu Zhishen in a Drunken Rage Attacking the Guardian Figure at the Temple on Mount Godai by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Fight Between Firemen and Sumo Wrestlers at the Shinmei Temple (New Brocades from the East) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Yugao Chapter from the Tale of Genji: #29 of One Hundred Aspects of the Moon by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Hideyoshi and His Troops Leaving Nagoya Camp Mashiba Hideyoshi ko nagoya jin saki by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Kumonryu on a moonlit night in the village of the Shi clan by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Illustration of Cavalry, Infantry and Soldiers Retreating Kiheitai, hoheitai by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Moon and the Helm of a Boat - Taira no Kiyotsune: #50 of One Hundred Aspects of the Moon by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Kurahashi Densuke Kiyohara Takeyuki by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Yukihira Ason on the Beach with Divers Murasame and Matsukaze (Sketches of Yoshitoshi series) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Feeling Warm by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Twenty-Four Hours at Shinbashi Yanagibashi: 12 Noon by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Mori no Ranmaru and the Mysterious Sago Palm by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Flute Player by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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