Ghost, c. 1883, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Japanese, 1839 - 1892, 44 × 12 1/4 in. ( × cm) (image)77 3/8 × 19 1/4 × 1 in. ( × × cm) (mount, with roller), Ink and color on silk, Japan, Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, Yoshitoshi was one of the last masters of ukiyo-e in the Meiji period. A pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861), he also studied with Kikuchi Yōsai (1788–1878), a master of historical painting. Yoshitoshi merged the ukiyo-e style with Western realism to produce a new form of print for the modern audience. His historical and heroic prints were often bizarre and ghoulish

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