While in Japan which was domestically disrupted by the Meiji Restoration, grotesque things appeared in Kabuki and other shows, Yoshiiku OCHIAI and Yoshitoshi TSUKIOKA, who were disciples of Kuniyoshi UTAGAWA, drew "Eimei nijuhachishuku," which depicted bloody scenes and were called Muzan-e, as well as illustrations for articles in Nishikie-shinbun.
明治維新によって混乱した国内で歌舞伎や見世物でグロテスクなものが登場し歌川国芳の門人落合芳幾と月岡芳年によって血みどろで無残絵と呼ばれる種類の『英名二十八衆句』や、新聞記事を題材とした錦絵新聞を描いている。