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It's October, everyone! 🎃 Which means it's time for spooky facts & features, Japan edition. This is a yūrei-zu 幽霊図, or "ghost image," by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1882). Here we see an image from Yoshitoshi ryakuga with a painting of a ghost come to life. #spooktober #👻 #Japan
Kintaro is a folk hero from Japan. Raised by a mountain witch he had superhuman strength & befriended animals in the mountains. He's depicted here refereeing a wrestling match between a monkey & a rabbit.
#FolkloreThursday
'Moon of Kintoki's Mountain'- Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1890.
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年, 1839-1892)
The Greedy Old Woman Leaving the Three Sparrows, from the series Sketches by Yoshitoshi
circa 1886
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年, 1839-1892)
Kintarō Seizes the Carp
19th century
#月岡芳年 #ukiyoe #art #WikimediaCommons
Shoki Creeping Up on a Sleeping Demon, by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
The Postal News, no. 702, Yoshitoshi, @lacma https://t.co/2l21QuKu2l #wikidata #digitalart #woodcutprint (Palette: #PicassoBlue) 🖌🎨
Akino and His Father, Jimbei, Yoshitoshi, @lacma https://t.co/SvNV3qBagP #wikidata #digitalart #woodcutprint (Palette: #CryptOfDracula) 🖌🎨
The Postal News, no. 596, Yoshitoshi, @lacma https://t.co/oTJBdW7qjo #wikidata #digitalart #woodcutprint (Palette: #Seatoun) 🖌🎨
The Postal News, no. 621, Yoshitoshi, @lacma https://t.co/0x6CseLwNu #wikidata #digitalart #woodcutprint (Palette: #HugoGellert #Two) 🖌🎨
@MahmudAsrar Yoshitoshi Abe. He's more of a chara-designer/artistic director in the anime industry than a mangaka but I love his illustrations. Backgrounds are full of details, characters are somehow unsettling and colors look dirty and heavy. He's got a style on his own.
The Postal News, no. 566, Yoshitoshi, @lacma https://t.co/jFNtyCXMn5 #wikidata #digitalart #woodcutprint (Palette: #KirbyArgo #Two) 🖌🎨