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 "Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Kusunoki Masatsura at the Battle of Shijonawate by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Tawaraya Tda and a Dragon and Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain from the series Valour in China and Japan, 1868 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 "The Ghost of the Great General Tamichi, from the series \"A Mirror of Famous Japanese Generals\" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Ii no Hayata Killing a Monster at the Imperial Palace by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Zhang Shun, the White Splash in the Waves, and Li Kui, the Black Whirlwind, in an Underwater Struggle by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Hazy Night Moon: Kumasaka 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 "Yoshitsune and Benkei on the Gojo Bridge (Mirror of Famous Generals in Japan) 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 "Songoku, the Monkey King and the Jewelled Hare by the Moon, 10th October 1891 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "The Spirit of the Deceased Yugao Entwined in Moonflower Vines 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 "The Demon Omatsu Murders Shirosabur in the Ford 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 "Moonrise Over Mount Nanping Contemplated by Cao Cao by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Prince Kurokumo and the Earth Spider by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "The Ghost of the General Taira no Tomomori Crashing Through Waves at Nunobiki Waterfall by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Akechi Samenosuke, from the series")
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.jpg "Fifty-three Stations of Suehiro: Warrior Looks at Passing Steamship 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 "Urashima Taro Returning Home from the Palace of the Dragon King by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Narihira and Nijo no Tsubone at the Fuji River 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 "Chronicle of the Imperial Restoration Kokoku isshin kenbunshi by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "The Battle at Jinju during Masakiyo")
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.jpg "Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing His Flute in the Moonlight 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 "Minamoto no Tametomo with a Bow by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Ghost of Genta Yoshihira Taking Revenge (New Forms of 36 Ghosts) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "The Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III, from the series")
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.jpg "The Two Brave Men Inuzuka Shino and Inugai Genpachi Battling on the Roof of Horyukaku 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 "Picture of the Hell Courtesan’s Enlightenment, 1890 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Takagi Umanosuke with a Ghost by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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_from_the_series_Thirty-two_Aspects_of_Women_(Fuzoku_san_-_(MeisterDrucke-1291214).jpg "Slovenly (Shidaranasaso), from the series \"Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)\" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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_from_the_series_Twel_-_(MeisterDrucke-1289161).jpg "Received Back into the Moon Palace-Taketori (Bamboo Cutter) (from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon) 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 "Soldier on Horse by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Title Page of the Series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Feeling Warm by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Evening Glow at Saijozan from Eight Views from Fine Tales of Warriors 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 "The Old Badger from the series \"New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts\" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Close-up of a warrior with an elephant by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Waking Up: A Girl of the Koka Era by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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