Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Japanese (Tokyo, Japan, 1839 – 1892, Tokyo, Japan) Primary

Empress Jingu and Takenouchi no Sukune Fishing at Chikuzen from the Series Dai Nihon meisho kagami (Mirror of Famous Generals of Japan)

Meiji
1879

Sheet
14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.56 x 24.13 cm)

This object has the following keywords:

• empresses - Refers to female sovereigns of empires, which are political units that comprise a number of territories or nations and are ruled by a single supreme authority. The term may also refer to the wives and widows of emperors.
• fishing - The sport or business of catching, usually killing, fish.
• Meiji - Period and style that coincides with the rule of emperor Mutsuhito, called Meiji, from 1868 to 1912. The period is characterized by a transformation from feudalism to a modern industrial state, taking western nations as a model. After the Vienna Exposition of 1873, artists were encouraged to produce traditional arts and crafts for export, such as carvings in wood and ivory and laquer. The art of the period also saw the influence of western art and architecture.
• Taiso, Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892 - Sources:
  - His Chi no bansan, 1971.
  - Cologne. Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst. Taiso Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892, 1971?:
  - Konsaisu jinmei j., 1976
  - Nihon rekishi d.j., 1973
  - Dai jinmei j.
  - Daijiten
  - Nihon gaka j.
  - Dai Nihon hyakka j.:
  - Nihon kokugo d.j.
  - Dai Nihon jinmei j.
  - His Tsukioka Yoshitoshi gashū, 1978.
  - Information from 678 converted Dec. 19, 2014
  - Catalogue raisonné of the work of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), 2009-2013:
  - Union list of artist names, viewed July 25, 2017
  - OCLC #880549637, March 26, 2020 :
• Ukiyo-e - Distinctive genre in painting and other media, but most prominently in woodblock printing. It arose in the Edo period (1600-1868) and built up a broad popular market among the middle classes. Subject matter typically focused on brothel districts and kabuki theatres, with formats ranging from single sheet prints to book illustrations. Generally, the style is characterized by a mixture of the realistic narrative of the Kamakura period and the mature decorative style of the Momoyama and Edo periods. Distinctive styles and specialties in subject matter were developed by different schools throughout the period.
• woodcuts - Prints made using the process of woodcut, which is a relief process in which the design is cut into and printed from the plank side of a wood block; distinct from "wood engraving (process)," which is a relief process using the grain end of a wood block.