Although Yoshitoshi is associated with atrocity prints because his prints were favored by those including Ranpo EDOGAWA and Yukio MISHIMA, his art covered a wide range of historical paintings, beautiful women paintings, genre paintings of manners and customs, and paintings of classical subjects.
江戸川乱歩・三島由紀夫などの偏愛のために「芳年といえば無惨絵」と思われがちだが、その画業は幅広く、歴史絵・美人画・風俗画・古典画に渡る。