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yoshitoshi.bsky.social
@yoshitoshi.bsky.social
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Fan account for Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, widely recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting.
1839-1892
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Shitada Harumasa and Hayami Masanao https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127848/
two separate sheets; two men fighting with swords; man at left wears purple, blue, white and grey striped pants and purple, white and yellow hand and arm guards; man at right wears green, yellow, purple and grey striped pants and purple and white hand and arm guards; purple at top, green at bottom, white at center
February 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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Urashima Returns Home from the Dragon Palace https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127912/
two separate sheets; man riding through waves on the back of a sea turtle; man wears brown tunic and blue pants, with straw leg coverings, and holds a thin bamboo staff in his PR hand; man looks over his shoulder at a man with a small dragon on his head and a woman, accompanied by two other women with decorative objects on poles, in URQ This diptych illustrates a scene from a popular Japanese fairy tale. One day, the main character, Urashima Tarō, observes children toying with a turtle on the beach. Pitying the turtle, he buys it and releases it in the ocean. A few days later, the grateful turtle returns to take him to the underwater Dragon Palace, where Princess Otohime thanks him personally for his kindness. Days pass in her company, and he decides to return to the surface to tend to his elderly parents, much to the disappointment of the princess, who gives him a mysterious box he must never open. Returning home, he realizes that he has been gone many years, and his parents have perished, along with everyone else he knew. Not recalling the princess’s words, he opens the box and turns into a white-haired old man.
February 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Moon over Musashi Plain https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127904/
one sheet; seated wolf with its head bending over its back, with a very long, thin snout; wolf is seated at water's edge, with a reflection in LRC; full moon, ULQ
February 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Oroku https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127778/
portrait of a woman looking toward left, with full cheeks; woman wears purple kimono with white floral circles and red circle patterned collar with yellow undergarment visible at bottom edge of image; woman's hair ornaments have blue flowers and gold tassels; very large, slightly abstracted purple flowers with leaves and stems in two shades of green behind woman Figure by Kawanabe Kyōsai.
February 9, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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Appearing Inquisitive, Behavior of a Maid of the Tenpō Era https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127937/
woman peering out from between two slatted doors; woman wears pink kimono with twining pink morning glories with green stems and leaves, with white collar and red cuffs According to the title, this portrait refers to the Tenpō era (1830–44), and the woman is an okoshō, a maid in the service of a samurai family. She would have been sent there to learn good manners as part of her education. Ironically, Yoshitoshi captured her peering through slatted bamboo doors as if she were spying, perhaps on members of the family she serves. The black-on-black peony pattern of her sash (obi) was achieved through a polishing technique called shōmen-zuri, in which the block with the pattern was placed behind the paper, and then the surface was rubbed with a hard polisher, such as porcelain.
February 9, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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Actor Sawamura Tannosuke III https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127762/
female figure in round cartouche framed with woven wreath, with glass wind chime at bottom; figure is wearing swirling blue, light blue, and white kimono with red tie-dyed collar; holds pipe in PR hand, looking L against red background; blue flowers in remaining background; paper and text hanging from wind chime
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Akechi Samanosuke https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127830/
one sheet; man in profile from PL with a sword across his back; hair in a ponytail; white headband; red sleeve with black grid design; blue smoke at top; cannon in LLQ
February 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Soga Tokimune Galloping Bareback in Ōiso https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127909/
three sheets of paper joined together; man riding on a white horse with black mane and tail; purple and white striped reigns; man holds a branch and crouches low; man wears black hat and garments in blue and green with white flowers Calligraphy by Morita Hōgetsu.
February 8, 2026 at 10:54 AM
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New Waterfall at Hienoyama https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127977/
drawing in black and red for a fan; view of tiered landscape; man trees; long stairway at left; waterfall at center bottom; covered walkways; figures throughout; Mount Fuji in ULC Referring to Hie Jinja in Tokyo.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Midnight Moon at Mount Yoshino: Iga no tsubone https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127901/
one sheet; standing woman seen from back with head turned in profile to PR, wearing white blouse and red-orange skirt, with very long hair tied with yellow cord; flying demon with grey wings, grey hat, grey beard and hair and blue lips in URC, wearing grey flowered garment; some flying autumn leaves; ring of moon, ULC
February 7, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Lake: Actor Ichikawa Sadanji I as Akechi Samanosuke https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127862/
portrait of a man with bushy hair in hairstyle with rounded areas at sides of head, back of neck and sideburns; man's head turned slightly to PR, with a grimacing expression; man wears brightly colored garments of various patterns, with yellow floral patterns on blue on shoulders and black and grown armor on PL arm, with hand in front of chest; large red tassel on PR shoulder; border around portrait rectangle has abstracted save design in blues and white, with yellow dots
February 7, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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Picture of the Bloody Battle of the Brave Generals of the Takeda Clan https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127807/
three separate sheets; battle scene; pink and grey lines of cannon and rifle fire horizontally across picture plane; man on a bucking brown horse at center, with a long staff; man with rectangular shield on a white horse at left; clouds of grey, pink and blue smoke at top and center; group of men wearing black helmets and purple blouses at top center, shooting rifles; another group of men wearing purple at top right, either fallen or lying on ground; two men in foreground, LRC--one seen from behind and another reaching up; two fallen men in LLC; this triptych is left side of a continuous image with six sheets, along with 2017.106.74a-c Left half of hexaptych
February 7, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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Akashi https://www.wikiart.org/en/tsukioka-yoshitoshi/akashi
Akashi
February 7, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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Inuzuka Shino and Inukai Genpachi https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127844/
one sheet; two falling figures, upside down, fighting; front/topmost figure wears light blue, red and purple garment on his upper body and light blue and patterned grey garments on his legs, with bare legs in URQ; topmost figure holds neck and arm of lower figure in his hands; lower/rearmost figure wears black garment on upper body, lined with floral patterning, and red garment on arms and legs with netlike patterning; lower figure holds upper figure's hair in one hand; white birds flying around figures; water at bottom, with figure in a small rowboat
February 6, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Looking cold - The appearance of a-Fukagawa-Nakamichi-Geisha-of-the-Tempo-era https://www.wikiart.org/en/tsukioka-yoshitoshi/the-appearance-of-a-fukagawa-nakamichi-geisha-of-the-tempo-era
Looking cold - The appearance of a-Fukagawa-Nakamichi-Geisha-of-the-Tempo-era
February 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Appearing Thirsty, Behavior of a Street Geisha Populary Called Bar Girl of the Ansei Era https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127946/
woman looking up over her PL shoulder, holding a cup with yellow liquid in her PR hand; woman wears a brown and khaki kimono with square pattern, with black collar and red undergarment with purple collar; green and white obi; yellow stand with burning candle at left No. 22 on the table of contents
February 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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Matsubara Tachū https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127973/
ink drawing with pale peach highlights; head and upper body of a man on the diagonal, holding sword to left with both hands; man wears a white headband
February 6, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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Chronicle of the Imperial Restoration (Kōkoku isshin kenbunshi) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/73625
Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
February 6, 2026 at 9:20 AM
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Somekawa https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127776/
portrait of a woman holding a small yellow spoon in PR hand and orange pot with yellow interior in PL hand; woman wears purple striped kimono with small white flowers inside circles and orange underkimono with starburst design; very large, slightly abstracted purple flowers with leaves and stems in two shades of green behind woman Figure by Kawanabe Kyōsai.
February 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Moon over Daimotsu Bay: Benkei https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127899/
one sheet; man standing in boat beneath rather large black and grey wave; large pale orange full moon at top center with grey clouds One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi) is Yoshitoshi’s most celebrated and ambitious series. First published from 1885 to 1892, each design features a literary or pictorial image of the moon, drawing from Japanese and Chinese history, legend, and literature. The warrior monk Benkei (1155–1189) is standing in the prow of the ship from which he and the famous general Minamoto Yoshitsune (1159–1189) are trying to escape from Yoshitsune’s older half brother, Yoritomo (1147–1199), during the fight over control of the country. Hit by a tempestuous storm, Benkei is praying, trying to prevent their slain enemies from rising from the dead and drowning them. The idea for this print came from the play Benkei in the Boat (Funa Benkei), which was adapted from a Noh play to Kabuki theater and premiered just two months before the print was published.
February 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Appearing Delicious, Behavior of a Prostitute of the Kaei Era https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127941/
woman seated by a railing outdoors with moon in ULC, looking over her PR shoulder, with her PL hand on her chin, holding a piece of shrimp tempura in a chopstick in her PR hand; blue and white patterned plate with tempura and blue and white cup in LRC; woman wears grey, white and blue striped kimono and pink obi No. 17 on the table of contents
February 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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Geki Magohachi https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127833/
one sheet; grimacing man in profile from PR, holding a sword with smears of blood and blood on his PR hand; man wears a garment in black and brown checks; smoke clouds behind man
February 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Famous places in Tokyo, Takanawa: Picture of . Complete picture of a steam locomotive and railroad https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127839/
three separate sheets; miniature railroad with women and men in European dress inside car behind locomotive; women and men in LRC; couple at left beneath a walkway, with a view of boats and water behind them; yellow, brown and blue brick wall in middle ground, with figures in Asian dress and horses walking and standing by railings along top of colorful brick wall
February 5, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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Looking hot - The appearance of a housewife in the Bunsei era https://www.wikiart.org/en/tsukioka-yoshitoshi/not_detected_242419
Looking hot - The appearance of a housewife in the Bunsei era
February 4, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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Complete set of the series: The Twelve Zodiac Signs with Heroes https://collections.artsmia.org/art/128006/
rectangular accordion-bound booklet with yellow cover; 12 colorful scenes depicting people engaging with each animal of the zodiac; ink sketch of army scene in front of mountain on back inside page
February 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM