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'''Tsukioka'''=(月岡) family name, '''Yoshitoshi'''=(芳年) first name, (1839-1892)
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'''Tsukioka''' (月岡) family name, '''Yoshitoshi''' (芳年) first name, (1839-1892)
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'''Yoshitoshi''' was an artist of the Utagawa school. Active in the late 19th century. Regarded as one of the last great [[Ukiyo-e]] artists, '''Yoshitoshi''''s work has influenced artists such as [[Seiu Ito]].
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[[image:Tsukioka.jpg|200px|thumbnail|Yoshitoshi's ''Picture of the Lonely House on Adachi Moor'' (1885)]]
  
 
==Activities==
 
==Activities==
An ukiyo-e artist of the Utagawa school. Active from late Edo to early Meiji periods. His work, “Picture of the Lonely House on Adachi Moor in Oshū” has influenced artists such as Seiu Ito.
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Artist
  
 
==Alternate Name(s)==
 
==Alternate Name(s)==
[http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=月岡芳年  月岡芳年](Japanese), Taiso Yoshitoshi, Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi
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[https://smpedia.com/index.php?title=月岡芳年  月岡芳年](Japanese), Taiso Yoshitoshi, Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi
  
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
 
1839: Yoshitoshi is born on April 17th.
 
1839: Yoshitoshi is born on April 17th.
  
1850: Introduced to the ukiyo-e artist <b>Utagawa Kuniyoshi</b>.
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1850: Introduced to the [[Ukiyo-e]] artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi.
  
1866: The series “Twenty-Eight Famous Murders with Verse” meets with great success. Art by Yoshitoshi and Ochiai Yoshiiku (both students of Kuniyoshi).
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1866: Co-creates “Twenty-Eight Famous Murders with Verse”. Art by Yoshitoshi and Ochiai Yoshiiku (both students of Kuniyoshi).
  
1875: Yoshitoshi is responsible for the color art in “Yūbin Hōchi Shinbun,” one of the early “full-color nespapers.<ref name=“Chiba”>Chiba City Museum of Art. <i>Full-Color Newspapers of the Meiji-era Westernization Movement.</i> Tokyo: Kokushokankokai, 2008. Print.</ref>
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1875: Yoshitoshi illustrates for “Yūbin Hōchi Shinbun,” one of the early full-color news broadsheets.<ref group="※">Chiba City Museum of Art. <i>Full-Color Newspapers of the Meiji-era Westernization Movement.</i> Tokyo: Kokushokankokai, 2008. Print.</ref>
  
 
1879: Yoshitoshi creates several illustrations for “Kabuki News.”
 
1879: Yoshitoshi creates several illustrations for “Kabuki News.”
  
1885: Publishes the diptych “Picture of the Lonely House on Adachi Moor in Ōshū.” The image is temporarily banned by the Meiji government because of its sadism. <ref name=“strange”>Stevenson, John. <i>Yoshitoshi’s Strange Tales.</i> Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2005. Print.</ref>
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1885: Publishes the diptych “Picture of the Lonely House on Adachi Moor in Ōshū.” The image is temporarily banned by the Meiji government because of its sadism.<ref group="※">Stevenson, John. <i>Yoshitoshi’s Strange Tales.</i> Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2005. Print.</ref>
  
 
1886: On October 12th, Begins serializing Nishiki-e Shunbun’s “Modern Personalities Magazine” in a supplement of Yamato News.
 
1886: On October 12th, Begins serializing Nishiki-e Shunbun’s “Modern Personalities Magazine” in a supplement of Yamato News.
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==Interesting Point(s)==
 
==Interesting Point(s)==
* Yoshitoshi’s father was a low-ranking official in the Shogunate government. <ref name=“thosetimes”>Ito, Seiu. “Talking About Those Times #3 - Bondage Images of the Meji Period.” <i>Kitan Club</i> Aug. 1953. Print.</ref>
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* Yoshitoshi’s father was a low-ranking official in the Shogunate government.<ref group="※">Ito, Seiu. “Talking About Those Times #3 - Bondage Images of the Meji Period.” <i>Kitan Club</i> Aug. 1953. Print.</ref>
  
* Yoshiyoshi’s pupils included [[Toshikata Mizuno]], both of whom taught <b>Kiyokata Kaburagi</b>, who taught <b>Shinsui Ito</b>.
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* Yoshiyoshi’s pupils included [[Toshikata Mizuno]], both of whom taught Kiyokata Kaburagi, who taught Shinsui Ito.
  
 
* He has been called such things as “insane artist” and “bloody Yoshitoshi.”
 
* He has been called such things as “insane artist” and “bloody Yoshitoshi.”
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* [[Seiu Ito]] referenced “Lonely House on Adachi Moor” for a suspension photo he took of his wife.
 
* [[Seiu Ito]] referenced “Lonely House on Adachi Moor” for a suspension photo he took of his wife.
  
* <b>Akutagawa Ryūnosuke</b>, <b>Tanizaki Jun’ichirō</b>, <b>Mishima Yukio</b>, <b>Edogawa Ranpo</b> and <b>Yokō Tadanori</b> admired Yoshitoshi’s work.
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* Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, Tanizaki Jun’ichirō, [[Yukio Mishima]], Edogawa Ranpo and Yokō Tadanori admired Yoshitoshi’s work.
  
 
* [[Seiu Ito]] covers Yoshitoshi in his August 1953 Kitan Club Article “Talking About Those Times #3 - Bondage Images of the Meji Period.”
 
* [[Seiu Ito]] covers Yoshitoshi in his August 1953 Kitan Club Article “Talking About Those Times #3 - Bondage Images of the Meji Period.”
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* One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (1885-92)
 
* One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (1885-92)
  
==References==
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==Image Gallery==
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image:Yoshitoshi2.jpg||Yubin Hochi Shinbun #484
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image:Yoshitoshi3.jpg||Stong Heroes of the Water Margin (1868)
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image:Yoshitoshi4.jpg||28 Murders With Verse (1866)
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image:Yoshitoshi5.jpg||Selection of 100 Warriors (1868)
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</gallery>
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==Notes==
 
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==Notes==
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==References (※)==
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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* [http://www.yoshitoshi.net yoshitoshi.net HP]
 
* [http://100moon.gozaru.jp/html/02yoshitoshi.html One Hundred Aspects of the Moon]
 
* [http://100moon.gozaru.jp/html/02yoshitoshi.html One Hundred Aspects of the Moon]
  

Latest revision as of 13:44, 21 April 2021

Tsukioka (月岡) family name, Yoshitoshi (芳年) first name, (1839-1892)

Yoshitoshi was an artist of the Utagawa school. Active in the late 19th century. Regarded as one of the last great Ukiyo-e artists, Yoshitoshi's work has influenced artists such as Seiu Ito.

Yoshitoshi's Picture of the Lonely House on Adachi Moor (1885)

Activities

Artist

Alternate Name(s)

月岡芳年(Japanese), Taiso Yoshitoshi, Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi

Biography

1839: Yoshitoshi is born on April 17th.

1850: Introduced to the Ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

1866: Co-creates “Twenty-Eight Famous Murders with Verse”. Art by Yoshitoshi and Ochiai Yoshiiku (both students of Kuniyoshi).

1875: Yoshitoshi illustrates for “Yūbin Hōchi Shinbun,” one of the early full-color news broadsheets.[※ 1]

1879: Yoshitoshi creates several illustrations for “Kabuki News.”

1885: Publishes the diptych “Picture of the Lonely House on Adachi Moor in Ōshū.” The image is temporarily banned by the Meiji government because of its sadism.[※ 2]

1886: On October 12th, Begins serializing Nishiki-e Shunbun’s “Modern Personalities Magazine” in a supplement of Yamato News.

1892: Yoshitoshi passes away on June 9th.

2012: The Ota Memorial Museum of Art holds a Yoshitoshi exhibition titled “Tsukioka Yoshitoshi: Commemorating 120 Years Since His Death.” The exhibition runs from October 2nd to November 25th.

Interesting Point(s)

  • Yoshitoshi’s father was a low-ranking official in the Shogunate government.[※ 3]
  • Yoshiyoshi’s pupils included Toshikata Mizuno, both of whom taught Kiyokata Kaburagi, who taught Shinsui Ito.
  • He has been called such things as “insane artist” and “bloody Yoshitoshi.”
  • Seiu Ito referenced “Lonely House on Adachi Moor” for a suspension photo he took of his wife.
  • Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, Tanizaki Jun’ichirō, Yukio Mishima, Edogawa Ranpo and Yokō Tadanori admired Yoshitoshi’s work.
  • Seiu Ito covers Yoshitoshi in his August 1953 Kitan Club Article “Talking About Those Times #3 - Bondage Images of the Meji Period.”

Selected Works

  • Twenty-Eight Famous Murders with Verse (1866)
  • Selection of One Hundred Warriors (1868)
  • Moral Lessons Through Pictures of Good and Evil (1880)
  • Picture of the Lonely House on Adachi Moor in Oshū (1885)
  • One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (1885-92)

Image Gallery

Notes

References (※)

  1. Chiba City Museum of Art. Full-Color Newspapers of the Meiji-era Westernization Movement. Tokyo: Kokushokankokai, 2008. Print.
  2. Stevenson, John. Yoshitoshi’s Strange Tales. Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2005. Print.
  3. Ito, Seiu. “Talking About Those Times #3 - Bondage Images of the Meji Period.” Kitan Club Aug. 1953. Print.

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