Honderd krijgers geselecteerd door Yoshitoshi
Medium
nishiki-e
Dimensions
241; 364
About this artwork
height 364 mm x width 241 mm
Art Historical Context
**Honderd krijgers geerd door Yoshitoshi (1868) is a striking *nishiki-e* woodblock print by Tsoka Yoshitoshi, last great master of uki-e. Measuring 364 mm high by 241 mm wide, this vertical composition showcases Yoshitoshi's mastery in depicting fierce samurai warriors. The title, translating to "One Hundred Warriors by Yoshitoshi," highlights his curatorial eye, drawing from legendary figures in Japanese history and folklore to create a panoramic tribute to martial valor. Created amid the dramatic Meiji Restoration of 1868—a year marking the end of feudal Japan and the dawn of modernization...
About the Artist
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi · 1839–1892
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was born on April 30, 1839, in the Shimbashi district of Edo, the city that would become Tokyo. At the age of eleven he was apprenticed to Utagawa Kuniyoshi, one of the great masters of the Japanese woodblock print, who gave the boy the artist name 'Yoshitoshi' as a mark of lineage within the Utagawa School. From Kuniyoshi, Yoshitoshi absorbed the full tradition of ukiyo-e — th...