Yūbin hōchi Newspaper 425’ 郵便報知新聞 第425号 - 1875 - Tsukioka Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)

Original Woodblock print – Tsukioka Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) – ‘Yūbinhōchi shinbun dai 425-gō’郵便報知新聞 第425号 (Hochi Newspaper No. 425) – Japan -1875 (Meiji 8)

The signature is ‘yoshitoshi ‘太蘇芳年

At the beginning of the Meiji era, the “Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun(東京日日新聞) ” drawn by Yoshiiku Ochiai became a hit.
The Nishiki-e Shimbun published by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka, who was a rival of Yoshiiku at the time, from Kinsodo in 1875.
A strange scene of murder and emotions that has never been seen before is depicted, and the storyteller Sanyutei Encho and the storyteller Shourin Hakuen are writing the texts.

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡 芳年; also named Taiso Yoshitoshi 大蘇 芳年 1839 – 1892) was a Japanese artist.
He is widely recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting.
He is also regarded as one of the form’s greatest innovators.

In addition, Bob studied not only Ukiyo-e but also Kikuchi Yosai’s style of painting and Western painting. He also studied historical paintings, bijin-ga, genre paintings, and classical paintings.
Many of Bob’s works are famous, including his muzan-e(無惨画) .

Famous disciples include Toshikata Mizuno(水野年方) , Toshihide Migita(右田年英) , and Toshitsune Inano(稲野年恒) .
There are Toshinobu Yamazaki(山崎年信) and others.
As it is an old ukiyo-e, it has stains and cut.