Ayaoka Yushin (1846 - 1910) is an artist about whom little is known, besides the artworks left to us. He was a painter, a woodblock artist, and a student of Shibata Zeshin. His prints are grounded in the Ukiyo-e school, even though he was active late in the 19th century. Though the prints were clearly successful artistically, we speculate that not many were printed, as they are only rarely encountered in the market.