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Yoshitoshi

1839 - 1892

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese: 月岡 芳年; also named Taiso Yoshitoshi 大蘇 芳年; 30 April 1839 – 9 June 1892) was a Japanese printmaker. Yoshitoshi has widely been 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. His career spanned two eras – the last years of Edo period Japan, and the first years of modern Japan following the Meiji Restoration. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshitoshi is the 727th most popular painter (down from 553rd in 2019), the 633rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 371st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Yoshitoshi ranks 727 out of 2,023. Before him are Victor Brauner, Mikhail Larionov, Andrew Wyeth, Osman Hamdi Bey, Viktor Hartmann, and Hans Hartung. After him are François-André Vincent, Esaias van de Velde, Adolphe Monticelli, Alessandro Magnasco, Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, and Jacek Malczewski.

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Among people born in 1839, Yoshitoshi ranks 25. Before him are Josef Rheinberger, Machado de Assis, Ali Rıza Efendi, Konstantin Makovsky, Floriano Peixoto, and August Kundt. After him are Karl Alfred von Zittel, George Mary Searle, Henry George, Harry Seeley, Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, and Francis Garnier. Among people deceased in 1892, Yoshitoshi ranks 31. Before him are Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Cyrus West Field, John Pope, Jules Perrot, Emin Pasha, and Ravachol. After him are Peter Nicolai Arbo, Antonio de Torres Jurado, Hermann Burmeister, Hervé, Ernest Guiraud, and Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshitoshi ranks 633 out of 6,245. Before him are Korechika Anami (1887), Shūmei Ōkawa (1886), Ukita Hideie (1573), Yoshida Shōin (1830), Takayuki Kuwata (1941), and Kisho Kurokawa (1934). After him are Shunryū Suzuki (1904), Hidemaro Watanabe (1924), Gunpei Yokoi (1941), Masaoka Shiki (1867), Emperor Nijō (1143), and Chūya Nakahara (1907).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Yoshitoshi ranks 10. Before him are Sesshū Tōyō (1420), Suzuki Harunobu (1725), Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), Tsuguharu Foujita (1886), Kunisada (1786), and Masaaki Hatsumi (1931). After him are Takashi Murakami (1962), Ogata Kōrin (1658), Kanō Eitoku (1543), Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539), On Kawara (1932), and Torii Kiyonaga (1752).

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