, also known as Kōko Yoshitsuya (甲胡　芳艶) and as Ichieisai Yoshitsuya (一英斎　芳艶), was a Japanese designer of

ukiyo-e Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surfac ...

woodblock prints. Yoshitsuya was a student of

Utagawa Kuniyoshi Utagawa Kuniyoshi ( ja, 歌川国芳, ; January 1, 1798 – April 14, 1861) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric ''et al'' (2005). "Kuniyoshi" in He was a ...

and, like his teacher, is best known for his

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of warriors. Yoshitsuya also produced many advertisements and designs for

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. Yoshitsuya's students include Utagawa Kazutoyo (active c. 1862–70), Utagawa Yoshitoyo II (active c. 1862–77) and Yoshitsuya II (active c. 1870s).

Gallery

File:Yoshitsuya Nii-no-ama.jpg, Nii no Ama jumped over board with

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after the lost

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. File:Yoshitsuya Ryuomaru.jpg, the magician Ryūōmaru encircled by a dragon File:Yoshitsuya Minamoto no Yorimitsu.jpg, Battle between

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with his men and the robber chief Hakamadare no Mochisuke who is aided by a giant serpent. Triptych. File:Yoshitsuya The Battle of Magic.jpg, Battle of magic between the bandit chief Hakamadare no Mochisuke who is transformed into a bird of prey and Kidomaru who is transformed into a giant serpent. Triptych. File:Yoshitsuya The Evil Spirit.jpg,

attempting to exterminate the detached head of

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at Mount Ōe. Triptych. File:Yoshitsuya The Lightning Bolt.jpg, Princess Shiranui fighting the evil Sotoku-in. Triptych from the series ''Ten Heroes of the Tametomo''

References

* Lane, Richard. (1978). ''Images from the Floating World, The Japanese Print''. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
OCLC 5246796
* Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). ''Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints''. Amsterdam: Hotei.
OCLC 61666175
* Roberts, Laurance P. (1976). ''A Dictionary of Japanese Artists''. New York: Weatherhill.
OCLC 2005932
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