Difference between revisions of "Yoshitoshi Tsukioka"
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
'''Tsukioka''' (月岡) family name, '''Yoshitoshi''' (芳年) first name, (1839-1892) | '''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. | + | '''Yoshitoshi''' was an artist of the Utagawa school. Active in the late 19th century. Yoshitoshi is famous for his more "bloody" pictures, his work for full color news broadsheets, and for his many notable print series. |
[[image:Tsukioka.jpg|200px|thumbnail|Yoshitoshi's ''Picture of the Lonely House on Adachi Moor'' (1885)]] | [[image:Tsukioka.jpg|200px|thumbnail|Yoshitoshi's ''Picture of the Lonely House on Adachi Moor'' (1885)]] | ||
==Activities== | ==Activities== | ||
| − | Artist | + | Ukiyo-e Artist |
| − | ==Alternate | + | |
| + | ==Alternate Names== | ||
[https://smpedia.com/index.php?title=月岡芳年 月岡芳年](Japanese), Taiso Yoshitoshi, Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi | [https://smpedia.com/index.php?title=月岡芳年 月岡芳年](Japanese), Taiso Yoshitoshi, Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi | ||
| + | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| Line 42: | Line 44: | ||
* [[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.” | ||
| + | |||
==Selected Works== | ==Selected Works== | ||
| Line 53: | Line 56: | ||
* One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (1885-92) | * One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (1885-92) | ||
| + | |||
==Image Gallery== | ==Image Gallery== | ||
| Line 61: | Line 65: | ||
image:Yoshitoshi5.jpg||Selection of 100 Warriors (1868) | image:Yoshitoshi5.jpg||Selection of 100 Warriors (1868) | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
| + | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
==References (※)== | ==References (※)== | ||
<references group="※"/> | <references group="※"/> | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [http://www.yoshitoshi.net yoshitoshi.net HP] | * [http://www.yoshitoshi.net yoshitoshi.net HP] | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
Latest revision as of 14:38, 5 May 2026
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. Yoshitoshi is famous for his more "bloody" pictures, his work for full color news broadsheets, and for his many notable print series.
Activities
Ukiyo-e Artist
Alternate Names
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
Yubin Hochi Shinbun #484
Stong Heroes of the Water Margin (1868)
28 Murders With Verse (1866)
Selection of 100 Warriors (1868)
Notes
References (※)
- ↑ Chiba City Museum of Art. Full-Color Newspapers of the Meiji-era Westernization Movement. Tokyo: Kokushokankokai, 2008. Print.
- ↑ Stevenson, John. Yoshitoshi’s Strange Tales. Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2005. Print.
- ↑ Ito, Seiu. “Talking About Those Times #3 - Bondage Images of the Meji Period.” Kitan Club Aug. 1953. Print.
