Japanese Woodblock Prints (1600 - 1800)

Early ukiyo-e, or pictures (e) of the floating world (ukiyo), emerged around 1660 with monochrome prints. The masters of this “primitive” period, such as Moronobu and Masanobu, are known for their elegant and vital lines. By 1700, the first early color prints emerged. Hand-colored with vegetable-based pigments, this process proved costly and was replaced by full-color printing in 1765. Known as the father of color printing, Harunobu ushered in the era of nishiki-e, or brocade pictures, with sensitivity and subtlety. The late 18th century welcomed a “golden age” of ukiyo-e, during which time artists developed the use of color and diversified their approach to subject matter. Sharaku imbued his actor portraits with a greater sense of individualism, while Utamaro delved deeper into the “greenhouses” of the Yoshiwara, considering the private lives of courtesans. Browse our collection of early ukiyo-e below.

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Artist

  • Buncho
  • Eiri
  • Eishi
  • Eisho
  • Harunobu
  • Hokusai
  • Kiyomitsu
  • Kiyonaga
  • Kiyotsune
  • Koryusai
  • Masanobu
  • Masayoshi
  • Morikuni
  • Moronobu
  • Sharaku
  • Shigemasa
  • Shuncho
  • Shundo
  • Shunei
  • Shunjo
  • Shunko
  • Shunman
  • Shunsho
  • Sukenobu
  • Toyokuni I
  • Utamaro
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • The Brocade of Spring [Ehon]

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Children
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Landscapes
  • Manga & Bookplates
  • Moon & Night
  • Music & Dance
  • Nature
  • Pastimes
  • Poets & Scholars
  • Portraits
  • Rain
  • Shunga
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

  • 1600 - 1800 (Early Edo)
  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Small (ie. Chuban)
  • Medium (ie. Oban)

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Two Deer in Autumn

Harunobu

Two Deer in Autumn

JPR-210386

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Night at Fukagawa

Harunobu

Night at Fukagawa

JPR-85390

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Young Couple with a Shamisen

Harunobu

Young Couple with a Shamisen

JP-209602

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Beauty and Plovers

Harunobu

Beauty and Plovers

JPR-210389

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Summer Rain

Harunobu

Summer Rain

JPR-210388

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Courtesan and Small Pine

Harunobu

Courtesan and Small Pine

JPR-210387

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Two Courtesans Admiring a Plum Tree

Harunobu

Two Courtesans Admiring a Plum Tree

JPR-210385

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Courtesans and Kamuro Beneath a Flowering Tree

Harunobu

Courtesans and Kamuro Beneath a Flowering Tree

JPR-210384

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Looking Out on the Veranda

Harunobu

Looking Out on the Veranda

JPR-210383

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Stepping Between the Shoji

Harunobu

Stepping Between the Shoji

JPR-210382

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Two Beauties Reading

Harunobu

Two Beauties Reading

JPR-210381

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Beauties of Maruya House

Harunobu

Beauties of Maruya House

JPR-210380

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The Moon Reflected

Harunobu

The Moon Reflected

JPR-210379

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Beauty on the Veranda

Harunobu

Beauty on the Veranda

JPR-210378

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Watching a Crow

Harunobu

Watching a Crow

JPR-210377

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Beauty at a Writing Desk

Harunobu

Beauty at a Writing Desk

JPR-210376

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Two Beauties Spot a Bird in the Clouds

Harunobu

Two Beauties Spot a Bird in the Clouds

JPR-210375

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Rolling a Snowball

Harunobu

Rolling a Snowball

JPR-210374

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Pine and Moon

Harunobu

Pine and Moon

JPR-210373

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Looking Out on the Veranda

Harunobu

Looking Out on the Veranda

JP-209605

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Young Woman Eavesdropping on Lovers while Reading Shunga Books

Harunobu

Young Woman Eavesdropping on Lovers while Reading Shunga Books

JPR-208800

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Yoyohana

Harunobu

Yoyohana

JPR-208941

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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebizo

Kiyotsune

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebizo

JP-207817

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Poem by Minamoto no Shigeyuki

Harunobu

Poem by Minamoto no Shigeyuki

JP-207862

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