Yoshitoshi's Strange Tales: Woodblock Prints from Edo to Meiji

“Mount Yoshino Moon at Midnight—Iga no Tsubone,” 1886, from the series One Hundred Phases of the Moon, by Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839–1892). Signed: Yoshitoshi. Colors on paper, single oban sheet. Collection of Harvey Garneau.

“Saito Oniwakamaru and the Carp,” 1873, from the series Essays by Yoshitoshi, by Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839–1892). Signed: Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi hitsu. Woodblock print, ink and colors on paper. Collection of Ed Freis.

“A Geisha in the Snow,” 1880, from the series Twenty-Four Hours at Shinbashi and Yanagibashi, by Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839–1892). Signed Oju Yoshitoshi ga. Woodblock print, ink and colors on paper. Collection of Harvey Garneau.

“The Old Woman Retrieves Her Arm,” 1889, from the series New Forms of Thirty-Six Strange Things, by Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839–1892). Signed Yoshitoshi. Woodblock print, ink and colors on paper. Collection of Ed Freis.

“Short-Sighted Old Man and Ineffectual Ghost,” 1881, from the series Crazy Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo, by Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839–1892). Signed Yoshitoshi giga. Woodblock print, ink and colors on paper. Private collection.