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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Price

2800150

Artist

  • Gekko
  • Kiyochika
  • Kyosai
  • Nobukazu
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Takeuchi, Keishu
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Pictures by Kyosai
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • Tale of Genji (Gekko)

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Calligraphy
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Comic
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Genji
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Insects
  • Kuchi-e
  • 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
  • Tattoo
  • Tokaido
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter
  • Yokohama-e & Nagasaki-e

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)
  • 1868 - 1912 (Meiji)
  • 1912 - 1945 (Taisho & Early Showa)

Medium

  • Photography
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Chapter 40: The Law (Minori)

Gekko

Chapter 40: The Law (Minori)

JP-211044

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The Moon Through a Crumbling Window

Yoshitoshi

The Moon Through a Crumbling Window

JP-208626

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Buddhist Monk Receives Cassia Seeds on a Moonlit Night

Yoshitoshi

Buddhist Monk Receives Cassia Seeds on a Moonlit Night

JP-208607

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Moon of the Southern Sea

Yoshitoshi

Moon of the Southern Sea

JP-208606

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Moon of Enlightenment

Yoshitoshi

Moon of Enlightenment

JP-208601

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Dawn Moon of the Shinto Rites: Festival on a Hill

Yoshitoshi

Dawn Moon of the Shinto Rites: Festival on a Hill

JP-210490

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Obon Festival Moon

Yoshitoshi

Obon Festival Moon

JP-210422

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View of Miyajima

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

View of Miyajima

JP-210390

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August: Niwaka Festival

Nobukazu

August: Niwaka Festival

JPR-109612

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Moon of Enlightenment: Hotei

Yoshitoshi

Moon of Enlightenment: Hotei

JP1-46966

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A Day Late for the Festival: No Curse from the God You Don't Touch

Kyosai

A Day Late for the Festival: No Curse from the God You Don't Touch

JP-208816

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A Bell Hanging from a Lantern, Three People Together are as Wise as the Bodhisattva Monju

Kyosai

A Bell Hanging from a Lantern, Three People Together are as Wise as the Bodhisattva Monju

JP-208815

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The Blessings of the Buddha are in Proportion to the Offerings, A God Lives in the Head of an Honest Person

Kyosai

The Blessings of the Buddha are in Proportion to the Offerings, A God Lives in the Head of an Honest Person

JP-208814

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Illustration for Marishiten

Takeuchi, Keishu

Illustration for Marishiten

JP-96064

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Buddhist Monk Receives Cassia Seeds on a Moonlit Night

Yoshitoshi

Buddhist Monk Receives Cassia Seeds on a Moonlit Night

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Chapter 54: Yume no Ukihashi (Floating Bridge of Dreams)

Gekko

Chapter 54: Yume no Ukihashi (Floating Bridge of Dreams)

JPR3-40674

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Self Satisfaction

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Self Satisfaction

JP1329

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Buddhist Monk Receives Cassia Seeds on a Moonlit Night

Yoshitoshi

Buddhist Monk Receives Cassia Seeds on a Moonlit Night

JP1-46923

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Dawn Moon of the Shinto Rites

Yoshitoshi

Dawn Moon of the Shinto Rites

JP1-47015

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A Poem by Gen'i

Yoshitoshi

A Poem by Gen'i

JPR-104463

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Sugawara no Michizane

Kiyochika

Sugawara no Michizane

JPR1-70657

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Yume no Ukihashi

Gekko

Yume no Ukihashi

JPR3-40682

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