Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (30 April 1839 - 9 June 1892) (Japanese: ?? ??; also named Taiso Yoshitoshi ?? ??) was a Japanese artist and Ukiyo-e woodblock print master.

He is widely recognized as the last great master of Ukiyo-e; a type of Japanese woodblock printing. He is additionally 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. Like many Japanese; Yoshitoshi was interested in new things from the rest of the world; but over time he became increasingly concerned with the loss of many aspects of traditional Japanese culture; among them traditional woodblock printing.

By the end of his career; Yoshitoshi was in an almost single-handed struggle against time and technology. As he worked on in the old manner; Japan was adopting Western mass reproduction methods like photography and lithography. Nonetheless; in a Japan that was turning away from its own past; he almost singlehandedly managed to push the traditional Japanese woodblock print to a new level; before it effectively died with him. Pictures From History