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 "Oya Taro Mitsukuni watching a battle scene between armies of skeletons by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Yamato Takeru with Bow, c.1876 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 "Moon of Pure Snow at Asano River - Chikako the Filial Daughter: #10 of One Hundred Aspects of the Moon by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Chang-E Ascending to the Moon, August 1885 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 "Taira Koremochi Conquering the Devil Woman on Mount Togakushi (Taira no Koremochi Togakushiyama kijo taiji no zu) 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 "Omori Hikoshichi Encounters a Ghost (New Appearances of 36 Ghosts) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Yorimitsu and his four companions conquering the demon of Oe Mountain by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "The Demon Omatsu Murders Shirosabur in the Ford 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 "The Ghost of the General Taira no Tomomori Crashing Through Waves at Nunobiki Waterfall by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Inoue Gorobei Raising a Sword by a Stone Lantern 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 "The Demon Omatsu Murders Shirosaburō in the Ford by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Waking Up: A Girl of the Koka Era by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Gosho Gorozo Battling a Shadow by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Sadanobu Threatening a Demon in the Palace at Night 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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Honderd_krijgers_gesel_-_(MeisterDrucke-1363501).jpg "Sakai Kyuzo Throwing a Spear (series title: One Hundred Warriors Selected by Yoshitoshi) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Prince Kurokumo and the Earth Spider by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Benkei and the Moon Over Daimotsu Bay (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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.jpg "Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing His Flute in the Moonlight 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 "Plum Blossoms in the Forest of Ikuta, from the series Bravery-Beauty of the four seasons, 1867 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi")
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