Saturday, 24 December 2016

43 - Yoshiiku: Hyakumonogatari Ameonna


Ukiyo-e. Yoshiiku.
Yoshiiku: Hyakumonogatari Ameonna

Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904), also known as Ochiai Yoshiiku, was one of Kuniyoshi's many students. He made portraits, bijinga, musha-e and satire. Yoshiiku also created newspaper illustrations and was a co-founder of the newspaper Tokyo E-iri Shinbun (folded in 1889).

In co-operation with Yoshitoshi, Yoshiiku also created the series  Eimei nijūhasshūku - Twenty-eight famous murders, which officially started the subgenre of ukiyo-e that is called muzan-e.

The print this week is Hyakumonogatari Ameonna (a female rain spirit), from 1890.