Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
(1839–1892) Japanese artist and printmaker (1839–1892)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839–1892) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi belongs to the chapter ‘Modern Japan’ in this site’s history of art.
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was born in Edo and died in Ryōgoku. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi studied under Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi worked in Tokyo. The students included Kodō Yamanaka, Toshikata Mizuno, Inano Toshitsune, and Toshihide Migita.
One of the best-known works is ‘New Forms of the Thirty-six Ghosts’. The works belong mainly to the genre ukiyo-e. The catalogue has 31 works by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi with free images. The dated works span the years 1860–1892. Works by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi are held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Kunichika Toyohara, Hashimoto Gahō, Tomioka Tessai, Matsusaburō Yokoyama, and Hikoma Uyeno.