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
  • Kiyonaga
  • Kiyotsune
  • Koryusai
  • Moronobu
  • Sharaku
  • Shunei
  • Shunjo
  • Shunko
  • Shunman
  • Shunsho
  • Toyokuni I
  • Utamaro
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Poems by 100 Poets (Shunsho)
  • Annals of the Green Houses
  • Ehon Butai Ogi: Picture Book of Stage Fans
  • The Brocade of Spring [Ehon]

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Calligraphy
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Comic
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Genji
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Insects
  • Landscapes
  • Legends & History
  • Manga & Bookplates
  • Moon & Night
  • Mt. Fuji
  • Music & Dance
  • Nature
  • Pastimes
  • Poets & Scholars
  • Portraits
  • Rain
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Shunga
  • Spring
  • Still Life
  • Summer
  • Sumo
  • Surimono
  • Tokaido
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

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

Medium

  • Painting
  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Extra Small (ie. Koban)
  • Small (ie. Chuban)
  • Medium (ie. Oban)
  • Large (ie. Triptych)
  • Extra Large

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The Lovers Shinanoya Ohan and Obiya Choemon

Utamaro

The Lovers Shinanoya Ohan and Obiya Choemon

JPR-211123

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Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV

Shunei

Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV

JP-208376

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Young Man Cleaning Snow from Lover's Geta

Koryusai

Young Man Cleaning Snow from Lover's Geta

JP5802

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Interior of a Kabuki Theater

Toyokuni I

Interior of a Kabuki Theater

JPR-210801

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Rinzan of the Akatsutaya

Eisho

Rinzan of the Akatsutaya

JPR-209997

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Courtesan Hitomoto from the House of Daimonjiya

Utamaro

Courtesan Hitomoto from the House of Daimonjiya

JP5038

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Woman with Koto

Shunei

Woman with Koto

JPR-210814

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Seated Beauty: Egoyomi for 1799

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Seated Beauty: Egoyomi for 1799

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A Box at the Kabuki Theater

Utamaro

A Box at the Kabuki Theater

JP-210364

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Kabuki Actor Sakata Hangoro III

Shunei

Kabuki Actor Sakata Hangoro III

JPR-210000

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Momiji no Ga from Genji in Fashionable Modern Guise

Eishi

Momiji no Ga from Genji in Fashionable Modern Guise

JPR-209996

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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Taira no Kiyomori

Shunsho

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Taira no Kiyomori

JPR-209990

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Red

Koryusai

Red

JPR-209988

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Young Couple with a Shamisen

Harunobu

Young Couple with a Shamisen

JP-209602

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Young Man Dancing at a Party

Utamaro

Young Man Dancing at a Party

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The Lovers Umegawa and Chubei

Utamaro

The Lovers Umegawa and Chubei

JPR-210169

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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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