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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 Automated thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 1h

Picture of Drunken Lu Zhishen Smashing a Vajra Warrior at the Temple of Mount Wutai https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127897/

two separate sheets/vertical orientation; shirtless man at bottom with floral tatoos, wearing black and white garments and yellow fiber sandals, smashing green structure below sculpture of mottled pink muscular man with grey hair, with colorful garments
Like another vertical diptych nearby, this one takes its motif from the popular Chinese novel The Tales of the Water Margin (Shuihuzhuan; Jap.: Suikoden). In it, Lu Zhishen is a policeman who accidentally kills a man and must flee his village. He enters a monastery where he receives the nickname Flowery Monk, since his upper body is adorned with tattoos of flowers. Bored by monastic life, he gets drunk, and on his return to the temple he is refused entry. In a rage, he demolishes one of the two large vajra warrior sculptures that guard the temple gate. The entrance to Mia’s Japanese Buddhist gallery is guarded by such a pair of vajra warriors.

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 16h

Eleventh Act https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127752/

frowning, falling man wearing blue geometric patterned kimono, with bare legs, at center, being grabbed from behind by a man wearing a black and white garment with triangle patterns and a white headband, holding a sword in front of first man; another standing man wearing similar triangular patterned garment at left, holding a staff; battle scene in background in ULQ with silhouettes of fighting figures in the snow
Actors Kitaoka Nizaemon VIII as Ōboshi Yuranosuke (R) and Kō no Moronao (C), 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.

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 18h

Evening Shower among Flowers https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127767/

separated triptych; three figures standing a downpour against gray background, each clutching large umbrella; female figure at L looking back over PL shoulder; male figure standing at C looking behind him to R; male figure at R facing L, holding umbrella; shadows of blossoming plants in background
Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XIII (R), Sawamura Tanosuke III (C), and Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I (L).

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 19h

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

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 23h

Picture of the Great Battle of Kawanakajima https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127806/

three separate sheets; battle scene with blue cannon with black wheels and base at center; pink and grey lines of cannon and rifle fire horizontally across picture plane; figures wearing purple blouses, lying on their stomachs, shooting rifles, at top right; three men in LRC firing cannon, with another two men at front tof cannon; running figures in LRC; two fallen men in LLQ, with white flag with red design on ground; white clouds of smoke coming from cannon; this triptych is right side of a continuous image with six sheets, along with 2017.106.75a-c
Right half of hexaptych

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 1d

Takatoki Tengu https://www.wikiart.org/en/tsukioka-yoshitoshi/takatoki-tengu

Takatoki Tengu

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 1d

Railway Line at Takanawa (Takanawa tetsudō no zu) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/318131

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of William S. Lieberman

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 1d

Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Musashibō Benkei in The Subscription List (Kanjinchō) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/211703

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Philip Hofer Fund for the Purchase of Asian Art

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 1d

Japanese war in Kagoshima https://www.wikiart.org/en/tsukioka-yoshitoshi/not_detected_242417

Japanese war in Kagoshima

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 1d

Takashi Bay https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127770/

female figure carrying buckets attached to yoke over her shoulders along a beach; other figures in background with similar buckets; rooftops emerge from rocks; figures on grassy outcropping under trees at L

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 2d

Appearing Observant, Behavior of a Kyoto Waitress of the Meiji Period https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127949/

woman collapsing a hanging paper lantern with a burning candle inside; two lanterns visible, which are white with red floral and leaf designs; woman wears a blue kimono with blue and grey abstract leaf patterns, red trim and brown obi with yellow leaf fronds
No. 25 on the table of contents

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 2d

Negoro no Komitsucha https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127829/

one sheet; man looking over his PR shoulder, with a tree at left; man wears brownish-purple garment with purple sleeves with white and grey patterning; man holds a gun; grey ground

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 2d

Gamō Daizen https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127831/

one sheet; man looking toward PL, with hair pulled back and center of crown of head shaved; man wears white blouse; black hat with yellow scrolling design on front over man's PL arm, attached around his neck with a light blue cord; man had blood on his hands and sword handle; dark grey ground

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 2d

Osome https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127780/

portrait of a woman holding the wings of an origami crane in her hands; woman wears dark blue kimono with light blue circular pattern, with red and purple patterned collars; very large, slightly abstracted purple flowers with leaves and stems in two shades of green behind woman
Figure by Kawanabe Kyōsai.

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 2d

Picture of Hakamadare Yasusuke and Kidōmaru Fighting with Magic https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127898/

two separate sheets/vertical orientation; man at bottom wearing lavender pants, light blue belt and white blouse, with hands clasped and eyes closed, holding a cloth (?) between clenched teeth; birds flying around man; second standing man at top wearing colorful armor over a green garment with blue, tan and yellow floral patterns, with a snake behind him

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 3d

Twenty-Four Hours at Shinbashi/Yanagibashi: 12 Noon. (Shinyanagi nijūyo-ji, gozen jūni-ji) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/73622

Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 3d

Kato Kiyomasa hunting tigers in Korea during the Imjim war https://www.wikiart.org/en/tsukioka-yoshitoshi/kato-kiyomasa-hunting-tigers-in-korea-during-the-imjim-war

Kato Kiyomasa hunting tigers in Korea during the Imjim war

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 3d

Tanno Yoshikatsu and Suzuki Yoshitake https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127849/

two separate sheets; two men fighting with swords; man at left wears purple, grey and white striped pants and blue, yellow and white hand and arm guards; man at right wears pink, red and blue striped pants and purple and yellow hand and arm guards; green at bottom, purple at top, white at center

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 3d

Looking feminine - The appearance of a ‘castle-toppler’ of the Tempo era https://www.wikiart.org/en/tsukioka-yoshitoshi/not_detected_242423

Looking feminine - The appearance of a ‘castle-toppler’ of the Tempo era

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 3d

Appearing Cute, Behavior of a Housewife since 1877 https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127950/

woman holding a baby against her chest with her kimono open in front; woman wears a grey, yellow and purple striped kimono with black trim; baby wears garment with blue and white abstract flower pattern, with red and pink floral trim
No. 26 on the table of contents

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 4d

Kurahashi Densuke Kiyohara Takeyuki https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/73627

Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 4d

Ōshima Tanzō https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127800/

man kneeling on PL knee, with PR leg outstretched to side, holding a gold disc behind his head with both hands; man wears red headband and blue and white armor with black fringe at bottom, with a garment with large blue flowers of red ground tired around his waist; clouds of salmon colored smoke coming from black braiser at left behind man

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 4d

Samurai with drawn sword https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127974/

drawing in black ink with touches of red and salmon pink on thin paper, mounted onto off white backing sheet; man with bare legs apart, wearing kimono with floral medallion on PL shoulder, with sword held over his head behind his back, with a grimacing expression; gourd-shaped cartouche in URC

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 4d

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

yoshitoshi.bsky.social @yoshitoshi.bsky.social · 4d

Looking refined - a court lady of the Kyowa era https://www.wikiart.org/en/tsukioka-yoshitoshi/looking-refined-a-court-lady-of-the-kyowa-era

Looking refined - a court lady of the Kyowa era