月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892

Artist Overview

Artist name:月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

1839–1892
Place of Birth: Edo (present-day Tokyo), Japan
Date of Birth: April 30, 1839
Place of Death: Tokyo, Japan
Date of Death: June 9, 1892

Works of Art: 21

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), greedy old woman opens box of demons (The Greedy Hag)

greedy old woman opens box of demons (The Greedy Hag), 1865, Edo period (1600–1868)

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), greedy old woman opens box of demons (The Greedy Hag)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
greedy old woman opens box of demons (The Greedy Hag)
1865, Edo period (1600–1868)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Fuwa Bansaku and the Monster

Fuwa Bansaku and the Monster, after 1865, Edo period (1600–1868)

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Fuwa Bansaku and the Monster
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
Fuwa Bansaku and the Monster
after 1865, Edo period (1600–1868)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Fuwa Bansaku and the Monster

Fuwa Bansaku and the Monster, 1865, 8th month, Edo period (1600–1868)

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Fuwa Bansaku and the Monster
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
Fuwa Bansaku and the Monster
1865, 8th month, Edo period (1600–1868)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), No. 663

No. 663, 1875, Meiji period (1868–1912)

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), No. 663
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
No. 663
1875, Meiji period (1868–1912)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Spirit of General Tamichi as a Great Snake

Spirit of General Tamichi as a Great Snake, 1880, Meiji period (1868–1912)

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Spirit of General Tamichi as a Great Snake
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
Spirit of General Tamichi as a Great Snake
1880, Meiji period (1868–1912)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Courtesan, Buddhist Priest (A Drinking Contest)

Courtesan, Buddhist Priest (A Drinking Contest), 1885, Meiji period (1868–1912)

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Courtesan, Buddhist Priest (A Drinking Contest)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
Courtesan, Buddhist Priest (A Drinking Contest)
1885, Meiji period (1868–1912)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Merchant, Callow Youth (A Drinking Contest)

Merchant, Callow Youth (A Drinking Contest), 1885, Meiji period (1868–1912)

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Merchant, Callow Youth (A Drinking Contest)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
Merchant, Callow Youth (A Drinking Contest)
1885, Meiji period (1868–1912)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Nobleman, Lawyer (A Drinking Contest)

Nobleman, Lawyer (A Drinking Contest), 1885, Meiji period (1868–1912)

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Nobleman, Lawyer (A Drinking Contest)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
Nobleman, Lawyer (A Drinking Contest)
1885, Meiji period (1868–1912)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Lower-class Housewife, Gangster (A Drinking Contest)

Lower-class Housewife, Gangster (A Drinking Contest), 1885, Meiji period (1868–1912)

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Lower-class Housewife, Gangster (A Drinking Contest)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
Lower-class Housewife, Gangster (A Drinking Contest)
1885, Meiji period (1868–1912)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Priest Raigō of Mii Temple Transformed into a Rat

Priest Raigō of Mii Temple Transformed into a Rat, 1891, Meiji period (1868–1912)

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Priest Raigō of Mii Temple Transformed into a Rat
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
Priest Raigō of Mii Temple Transformed into a Rat
1891, Meiji period (1868–1912)
綱島亀吉 Tsunashima Kamekichi; 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), 神田明神写真師の勉強 Kanda myōjin shashinshi no benkyō (Photographer's Study of Kanda Myojin)

神田明神写真師の勉強 Kanda myōjin shashinshi no benkyō (Photographer's Study of Kanda Myojin), 1881, 1st month, Meiji period (1868–1912)

綱島亀吉 Tsunashima Kamekichi; 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), 神田明神写真師の勉強 Kanda myōjin shashinshi no benkyō (Photographer's Study of Kanda Myojin)
綱島亀吉 Tsunashima Kamekichi; 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
神田明神写真師の勉強 Kanda myōjin shashinshi no benkyō (Photographer's Study of Kanda Myojin)
1881, 1st month, Meiji period (1868–1912)
和田彫勇 Wada Hori Yu (1857–1905); 綱島亀吉 Tsunashima Kamekichi; 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), 痛そう:寛政年間女郎の風俗 Ita sō: Kansei nenkan jorō no fūzoku (Looking in Pain: The Appearance of a Kansei-era Prostitute)

痛そう:寛政年間女郎の風俗 Ita sō: Kansei nenkan jorō no fūzoku (Looking in Pain: The Appearance of a Kansei-era Prostitute), 1888, Meiji period (1868–1912)

和田彫勇 Wada Hori Yu (1857–1905); 綱島亀吉 Tsunashima Kamekichi; 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), 痛そう:寛政年間女郎の風俗 Ita sō: Kansei nenkan jorō no fūzoku (Looking in Pain: The Appearance of a Kansei-era Prostitute)
和田彫勇 Wada Hori Yu (1857–1905); 綱島亀吉 Tsunashima Kamekichi; 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
痛そう:寛政年間女郎の風俗 Ita sō: Kansei nenkan jorō no fūzoku (Looking in Pain: The Appearance of a Kansei-era Prostitute)
1888, Meiji period (1868–1912)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), The Sumō Wrestler Umegatani Tōtarō

The Sumō Wrestler Umegatani Tōtarō, 1891, Meiji period (1868–1912)

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), The Sumō Wrestler Umegatani Tōtarō
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
The Sumō Wrestler Umegatani Tōtarō
1891, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Matsui Eikichi; 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Pine, Bamboo, Plum: Picture at Yushima

Pine, Bamboo, Plum: Picture at Yushima, 1885, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Matsui Eikichi; 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Pine, Bamboo, Plum: Picture at Yushima
Matsui Eikichi; 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
Pine, Bamboo, Plum: Picture at Yushima
1885, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Matsui Eikichi; 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), 清玄堕落之図 Seigen daraku no zu (The Depravity of Monk Seigen)

清玄堕落之図 Seigen daraku no zu (The Depravity of Monk Seigen), 1889, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Matsui Eikichi; 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), 清玄堕落之図 Seigen daraku no zu (The Depravity of Monk Seigen)
Matsui Eikichi; 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
清玄堕落之図 Seigen daraku no zu (The Depravity of Monk Seigen)
1889, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Enkatsu (active late 1800s); 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892); 秋山武右衛門 Akiyama Buemon (1877–1910), 吼噦 Konkai (The Cry of the Fox)

吼噦 Konkai (The Cry of the Fox), 1886

Enkatsu (active late 1800s); 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892); 秋山武右衛門 Akiyama Buemon (1877–1910), 吼噦 Konkai (The Cry of the Fox)
Enkatsu (active late 1800s); 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892); 秋山武右衛門 Akiyama Buemon (1877–1910)
吼噦 Konkai (The Cry of the Fox)
1886
Enkatsu (active late 1800s); 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892); 佐々木豊吉 Toyokichi Sasaki, 武田勝千代月夜に老狸を撃乃図 Takeda Katsuchiyo tsukiyo ni rō tanuki o gegki nozu (Takeda Katsuchiyo Killing an Old Tanuki Badger in the Moonlight)

武田勝千代月夜に老狸を撃乃図 Takeda Katsuchiyo tsukiyo ni rō tanuki o gegki nozu (Takeda Katsuchiyo Killing an Old Tanuki Badger in the Moonlight), 1889

Enkatsu (active late 1800s); 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892); 佐々木豊吉 Toyokichi Sasaki, 武田勝千代月夜に老狸を撃乃図 Takeda Katsuchiyo tsukiyo ni rō tanuki o gegki nozu (Takeda Katsuchiyo Killing an Old Tanuki Badger in the Moonlight)
Enkatsu (active late 1800s); 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892); 佐々木豊吉 Toyokichi Sasaki
武田勝千代月夜に老狸を撃乃図 Takeda Katsuchiyo tsukiyo ni rō tanuki o gegki nozu (Takeda Katsuchiyo Killing an Old Tanuki Badger in the Moonlight)
1889
Chokuzan (active late 1800s); 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892); 佐々木豊吉 Toyokichi Sasaki, 林寺の文福茶釜 Morinji no bunbuku chagama (Lucky Tea Kettle of Morin Temple)

林寺の文福茶釜 Morinji no bunbuku chagama (Lucky Tea Kettle of Morin Temple), 1892

Chokuzan (active late 1800s); 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892); 佐々木豊吉 Toyokichi Sasaki, 林寺の文福茶釜 Morinji no bunbuku chagama (Lucky Tea Kettle of Morin Temple)
Chokuzan (active late 1800s); 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892); 佐々木豊吉 Toyokichi Sasaki
林寺の文福茶釜 Morinji no bunbuku chagama (Lucky Tea Kettle of Morin Temple)
1892
Chokuzan (active late 1800s); 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892); 佐々木豊吉 Toyokichi Sasaki, 葛の葉きつね童子にわかるゝの図 Kuzunoha kitsune dōji ni wakaru no zu (Fox Woman Kuzunoha Leaving Her Child)

葛の葉きつね童子にわかるゝの図 Kuzunoha kitsune dōji ni wakaru no zu (Fox Woman Kuzunoha Leaving Her Child), 1890

Chokuzan (active late 1800s); 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892); 佐々木豊吉 Toyokichi Sasaki, 葛の葉きつね童子にわかるゝの図 Kuzunoha kitsune dōji ni wakaru no zu (Fox Woman Kuzunoha Leaving Her Child)
Chokuzan (active late 1800s); 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892); 佐々木豊吉 Toyokichi Sasaki
葛の葉きつね童子にわかるゝの図 Kuzunoha kitsune dōji ni wakaru no zu (Fox Woman Kuzunoha Leaving Her Child)
1890
Enkatsu (active late 1800s); 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892); 秋山武右衛門 Akiyama Buemon (1877–1910), 大物海上月–弁慶 Daimotsu kaijō no tsuki–Benkei (Moon above the Sea at Daimotsu Bay–Benkei

大物海上月–弁慶 Daimotsu kaijō no tsuki–Benkei (Moon above the Sea at Daimotsu Bay–Benkei, 1886

Enkatsu (active late 1800s); 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892); 秋山武右衛門 Akiyama Buemon (1877–1910), 大物海上月–弁慶 Daimotsu kaijō no tsuki–Benkei (Moon above the Sea at Daimotsu Bay–Benkei
Enkatsu (active late 1800s); 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892); 秋山武右衛門 Akiyama Buemon (1877–1910)
大物海上月–弁慶 Daimotsu kaijō no tsuki–Benkei (Moon above the Sea at Daimotsu Bay–Benkei
1886
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Rats (Priest Raigō of Mii Temple Transformed into a Rat)

Rats (Priest Raigō of Mii Temple Transformed into a Rat), 1891, Meiji period (1868–1912)

月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Rats (Priest Raigō of Mii Temple Transformed into a Rat)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
Rats (Priest Raigō of Mii Temple Transformed into a Rat)
1891, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Exhibitions: 27

Japanese Ghosts and Demons: Art of the Supernatural
Stephen Addiss, curator
1985
Japanese Ghosts and Demons: Art of the Supernatural
Stephen Addiss, curator
1985
Japanese Ghosts and Demons: Art of the Supernatural
Stephen Addiss, curator
1985
Japanese Ghosts and Demons: Art of the Supernatural
Stephen Addiss, curator
1986
Demons, Ghosts, and Magical Manifestations
Rachel Quist, curator
2020
Brosseau Center for Learning: Teaching from the Collection
Sherry Fowler, curator
CuratedByVoc, curator
CuratedByVoc, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
2024
Woodcut: A Technical Appreciation
Stephen Goddard, curator
1991
Meiji: Japan's Transition into a Global Society
Alison Miller, curator
2007
The Art of Stories Told
Veronica de Jong, curator
2004
Fish, Flowers & Flying Things: Nature at the Spencer
Joseph W. Lampo, curator
2002
Shattering the Void: Realms of Meaning in East Asian Art
2019–2020
Salina Art Center: Shattering the Void: Realms of Meaning in East Asian Art
2019–2020
Teaching Gallery: Eyes on Icons: Exploring Japanese Buddhism at the Spencer Museum of Art
2008
Teaching Gallery: Japanese Prints and Paintings
2010
Teaching Gallery: Japanese Prints Spring 2013
2013
Sacred Space and Japanese Art at the Spencer Museum of Art
Sherry Fowler, curator
2015
Teaching Gallery: Japanese Prints Fall 2011
2011
Embodiment
Stephen Goddard, curator
2005–2006
Japanese Prints from the Collection
Cori Sherman, curator
2001
Teaching Gallery: Cherry Blossom Festival
Kate Meyer, curator
Amanda Wright, curator
2011
Teaching Gallery: Japanese Paintings and Buddhism
2012
Brosseau Center for Learning: Understanding the Understudied: Unusual Japanese Prints in the Spencer Museum of Art
2019
Inked Bodies
Brosseau Center for Learning: Olympics: Art & Spectacle
2020
Teaching Gallery: Asian Art
2007
Awash in Color: French and Japanese Prints
Chelsea Foxwell, curator
Anne Leonard, curator
2012–2013
Nature/Natural
Kris Ercums, curator
2011–2014