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

  • Bairei
  • Chikanobu
  • Hokusai
  • Keinen
  • Kunichika
  • Nobukazu
  • Seiko
  • Shimizu, Seifu
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshitsuya II
  • Tomioka, Eisen

Series

  • Keinen kacho gafu
  • Sketches by Yoshitoshi
  • Women's Activities of the Tokugawa Era

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Calligraphy
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Comic
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • 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
  • Senso-e
  • Shunga
  • Spring
  • Still Life
  • Summer
  • Sumo
  • Surimono
  • Tattoo
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter
  • Yokohama-e & Nagasaki-e

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)
  • 1868 - 1912 (Meiji)

Medium

  • Ehon
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Crab and Shell

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Rabbit Show Exhibition List

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Kintaro Captures the Giant Carp

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Kintaro Captures the Giant Carp

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Unai no Tomo (A Child's Friends), Volume 2

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Unai no Tomo (A Child's Friends), Volume 2

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Mallards and Snow-covered Reeds (2)

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Mallards and Snow-covered Reeds (2)

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Mallards and Snow-covered Reeds (1)

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Mallards and Snow-covered Reeds (1)

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Sandpiper and Withered Lotus

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Sandpiper and Withered Lotus

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Hawk and Common Teal with Broomsedge

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Hawk and Common Teal with Broomsedge

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Crows and Snow-covered Pine

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Crows and Snow-covered Pine

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Mandarin Ducks and Snow-covered Plum Tree

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Mandarin Ducks and Snow-covered Plum Tree

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Onoe Kikugoro as Captain Matsuzaki

Kunichika

Onoe Kikugoro as Captain Matsuzaki

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Ichikawa Danjuro as Kumagai Naozane and Ichikawa Yonezo as Taira no Atsumori

Kunichika

Ichikawa Danjuro as Kumagai Naozane and Ichikawa Yonezo as Taira no Atsumori

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Shiei Riding the Carp over the Sea

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Shiei Riding the Carp over the Sea

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Sun Wukong Creating an Army from His Fur

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Sun Wukong Creating an Army from His Fur

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Soga Tokimune Rides Bareback at a Gallop to Oiso

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The Diving Woman of Shido Bay

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The Diving Woman of Shido Bay

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Ono no Tofu Watching a Frog

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Ono no Tofu Watching a Frog

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Bats in the Fifth Act [of Chushingura]

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Bats in the Fifth Act [of Chushingura]

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Kintaro Snaring a Giant Carp

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Court Ladies with a Cockatoo

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Court Ladies with a Cockatoo

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Hachiman Taro at Gosannen Battle

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Hokusai Manga

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Hokusai Manga

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Brown-Eared Bulbul and Rangoon Creeper

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Cherry Blossoms and Birds

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Cherry Blossoms and Birds

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