LightNews LightNews
banner
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
@yoshitoshi.bsky.social
220 followers 3 following 2.4K posts
Fan account for Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, widely recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting.
1839-1892
Automated thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social
Posts Replies Media Videos
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Humourous Picture of Heaven, Earth, and Hell https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127836/
three sheets pasted together; three horizontal sections with gods at top, including human figures at right with caricature faces, green and blue demon-like figures at center, creating yellow and red rays; pair of anthropomorphic rabbits pouring out water, and other blue-, green- and red-skinned figures in ULC; central grey area with silhouettes of figures fighting with spears and guns; bottom horizontal section with white demons at left with weapons threatening caricatures at center seated around a table with a yellow patterned tablecloth; demons climbing into a cauldron in LRC Unidentified publisher seal Kiku 菊.
December 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Somehow I Want to Win https://collections.artsmia.org/art/135885/
woman in blue gesturing with her hands; grey ground; bottle, LRC; text at top
December 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Title Sheet for the series Eimei nijūhachi-shūku https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/51433
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Daniel and Pearl K. Bell
December 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
I want to wash my hands https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127868/
woman leaning out of a window on a boat, with her hands in the water, holding a white cloth with red trim between her teeth; woman wears a kimono with white, green and brown checks; mounted on moderately stiff backing paper Text by Tentendō Shujin.
December 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Twelfth Act https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127753/
two standing men at center; both men wear outer garments in bold black and white triangle print with purple blouses; man at left wears pink flowered pants; man at right wears yellow and green flowered pants; two seated men in LLC--man wearing similar black and white garment holding a white and yellow cylindrical object, and bald man seen from back wearing orange; water in background with boats; snow-covered ground and trees around figures Actors Kitaoka Nizaemon VIII as Ōboshi Yuranosuke (R) and Kataoka Gadō II as Ōboshi Rikiya (L). Related to the play Kanadehon Chūshingura 仮名手本忠臣蔵, performed at the Nakamura Theater in the 4th month of 1860.
December 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Yamato Takeru Mikoto and Kawakami Takeru https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127884/
one sheet; figure with long hair and foreshortened face, wearing grey and white garment with blue sleeves, holding a man by the throat who falls on his back, and holding a dagger in PR hand; falling man, with toes splayed on PR foot, wears white and blue pants and dark blue blouse with red, green and yellow square patterns, and has long black hair and bushy beard; vase of flowers at left
December 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Appearing Smoky, Behavior of a Housewife of the Kyōwa era https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127929/
one sheet; head and upper body of a woman on the diagonal, leaning toward left, wearing a blue and white patterned kimono and holding a white fan with red geometric designs in her PR hand; grey smoke trail from LLC up to URC, diagonally through picture plane No. 6 on the table of contents.
December 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Omori Hikoshichi from the series “New Forms of the Thirty-Six Ghosts” https://www.artic.edu/artworks/196862/
Bruce Goff Archive, gift of Shin'enkan, Inc.
December 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Picture of Ōmori Hikoshichi Encountering a Demon on his Path https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127960/
man wearing black and white cap, short blue kimono with white swirling patterns and red garment on top, wading through water; woman wearing white garment with multicolored floral medallions clinging to man's back; moon in sky at top center
December 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Midnight Moon at Mount Yoshino: Iga no tsubone https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127902/
one sheet; standing woman seen from back with head turned in profile to PR, wearing white blouse and purple 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
December 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
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.
December 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
The Taiwan News: Advance on Shimen during the Subjugation of Mudan https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127855/
three sheets; group of soldiers at right wearing green pants, red blouses and black caps, advancing with guns on a group of predominately shirtless figures with spears across a narrow chasm; rugged cliff at left; rocky mountains at right; water in middle ground With assistance of Kōsai Toshimitsu. The battle was in May 1874 and this print must have been issue shortly thereafter.
December 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Zhang Fei of the Yan People https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127840/
one sheet; dark-skinned man with mouth open, riding a black horse with trappings decorated with red tassels; man holds a red, blue and gold staff and wears predominately green and yellow kimono; horse is crossing a red bridge with green and yellow panels; mountain visible in middle ground behind side of bridge at right Zhang Fei (Jap.: Chō Hi; d. 221) was a great fighter and one of the so-called Five Tiger Generals during the Chinese Three Kingdoms (220–80) period. He fought for Liu Bei (161–223), who had crowned himself as the emperor of Shu state. In 220, Liu Bei attacked a rival kingdom, Wu, to regain control over the lost state of Jing, and Zhang Fei was assassinated by two of his subordinates. This powerful portrait shows him during the Battle of Changban in 208, standing on the bridge, shaking his lance, and daring the opposing forces to attack him.
December 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Postal Tengu https://www.wikiart.org/en/tsukioka-yoshitoshi/postal-tengu
Postal Tengu
December 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
A scene of Journey to the West https://www.wikiart.org/en/tsukioka-yoshitoshi/a-scene-of-journey-to-the-west
A scene of Journey to the West
December 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Yoshitsune and Benkei on the Gojō Bridge https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127921/
print in the form of a fan; man at left with legs wide apart, holding a staff with both hands; man wears black armor with red trim; jumping woman at right with legs drawn up, wearing purple, blue and green flower patterned kimono; figures on wooden bridge; moon in sky to left of woman; received matted This image is nearly identical to the nearby triptych. The three-panel print must have been a great success because Yoshitoshi was commissioned by another publisher to create an almost identical version as a fan print five years later. The survival rate of fan prints is considerably lower than other formats, because they were intended to be cut out and glued onto the ribs of fans. This was the case with this print as well, and if you look closely you can see faint lines that indicate its intended purpose.
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Collection of Desires, Wish for Foreign Travel (Mitate Tai zukushi-yōkō ga shitai) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/73628
Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
December 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
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.
December 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
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
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Ushiwaka and Benkei duelling on Gojo Bridge https://www.wikiart.org/en/tsukioka-yoshitoshi/ushiwaka-and-benkei-duelling-on-gojo-bridge
Ushiwaka and Benkei duelling on Gojo Bridge
December 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Spirit of a Faithful Wife in a Waterfall https://collections.artsmia.org/art/135880/
woman seated beneath a waterfall
December 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Picture of the Great Battle of the Minamoto and the Taira at Dan-no-ura https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127798/
three separate sheets; battle scene at sea, with two men wearing white loincloths swimming in foreground, with their swords tied to their backs; many boats crowded with men in armor, with swords and bows and arrows; boat at left has blue and white sails and streamers, and black tassel-like object at front; boat at center middle ground has red and white flag
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
The Story of Otomi and Yosaburō https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127905/
two separate sheets; man at left, pointing, in profile from right, with bare legs, wearing short blue and white garment with brown and black checked short jacket, with a bat-shaped mark on his PR cheek; figure at right with arms drawn into blue checked kimono, wearing a blue and white spotted cloth tied around head and face with only eyes visible; black and white dog, LRC; two pairs of figures at left center in background
December 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Maisaka https://www.wikiart.org/en/tsukioka-yoshitoshi/maisaka
Maisaka
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
yoshitoshi.bsky.social
Looking capable - The Appearance of a Kyoto Waitress in the Meiji era https://www.wikiart.org/en/tsukioka-yoshitoshi/the-appearance-of-a-kyoto-waitress-in-the-meiji-era
Looking capable - The Appearance of a Kyoto Waitress in the Meiji era
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM