Meiji Period Prints (1868-1912)

Meiji-period woodblock prints reflect an era of change. In 1853, the arrival of Commodore Perry’s black ships brought over 250 years of Japanese isolation to an abrupt end. The following year, as Japan engaged in international trade, Yokohama-e (Yokohama pictures) captured an influx of unfamiliar peoples, places and things entering Japan through Yokohama harbor. By 1868, the Imperial line attained control of the country under Emperor Meiji, terminating the feudal rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate and dissipating the culture of the floating world. Under the emperor, national modernization progressed rapidly. From Western-style clothes and pastimes, to exciting new inventions from overseas, Japan absorbed the massive influx of the foreign and developed a distinctly Japanese modern identity. While photography and lithography gained popularity at this time, the woodblock print continued to serve as a powerful medium. Meiji period artists made sense of a transitioning world with a familiar medium.

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Artist

  • Chikanobu
  • Gekko
  • Hiroshige
  • Keinen
  • Kiyochika
  • Kogyo
  • Kunichika
  • Nobukazu
  • Sugakudo
  • Toshihide
  • Toshikata
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yukawa, Shodo
  • Tomioka, Eisen

Series

  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 36 Ghosts and Strange Apparitions

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Calligraphy
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Comic
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Insects
  • Landscapes
  • Legends & History
  • Moon & Night
  • Mt. Fuji
  • Music & Dance
  • Pastimes
  • Poets & Scholars
  • Portraits
  • Rain
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Shunga
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Sumo
  • Tattoo
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

  • 1868 - 1912 (Meiji)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Medium (ie. Oban)
  • Large (ie. Triptych)

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Dawn Moon and Tumbling Snow: Kobayashi Heihachiro

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In the Moonlight Under the Trees a Beautiful Woman Comes

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Dawn Moon and Tumbling Snow

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The Ghost of Seigen Haunting Sakurahime

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Taira no Kiyomori Sees Skulls of His Victims

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A Poem by Kinto

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A Poem by Kinto

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The Parting Scene between Yoshitsune and Shizuka at Mt. Yoshino

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Winter Moon at Asano River

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