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

1400090

Artist

  • Kunichika
  • Kunitoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Yoshitora
  • Yoshitoshi

Series

  • Sketches by Yoshitoshi

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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Modoribashi: Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Watanabe no Tsuna and Onoe Kikugoro Disguised Demon

Kunichika

Modoribashi: Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Watanabe no Tsuna and Onoe Kikugoro Disguised Demon

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The Ghost Sohachi

Kunichika

The Ghost Sohachi

JPR-209708

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Kyosai's Pictures of One Hundred Demons [Complete Album]

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Kyosai's Pictures of One Hundred Demons [Complete Album]

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Water for the Thunder God's Bath

Yoshitoshi

Water for the Thunder God's Bath

JPR-209636

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The Dancing Pot at Ninna-ji

Yoshitoshi

The Dancing Pot at Ninna-ji

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The Painter Okyo and the Ghost

Yoshitoshi

The Painter Okyo and the Ghost

JPR-209569

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Kabuki Play Modoribashi, Inoue Kikugoro V as the Demon of Mt. Atago Disguised as Sayuri

Kunichika

Kabuki Play Modoribashi, Inoue Kikugoro V as the Demon of Mt. Atago Disguised as Sayuri

JP1-51191

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Children Blowing up Hotei's Belly and Painting It Like Candy

Yoshitoshi

Children Blowing up Hotei's Belly and Painting It Like Candy

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Act Four from Chushingura

Yoshitoshi

Act Four from Chushingura

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Tenth Act from Chushingura

Yoshitoshi

Tenth Act from Chushingura

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Eleventh Act from Chushingura

Yoshitoshi

Eleventh Act from Chushingura

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Preface from Chushingura

Yoshitoshi

Preface from Chushingura

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Twelfth Act from Chushingura

Yoshitoshi

Twelfth Act from Chushingura

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Pulling Young Pines on the Day of the Rat

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Pulling Young Pines on the Day of the Rat

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Okame Laughing at the Silhouette of a Matsutake Mushroom

Yoshitoshi

Okame Laughing at the Silhouette of a Matsutake Mushroom

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Bats in the Fifth Act [of Chushingura]

Yoshitoshi

Bats in the Fifth Act [of Chushingura]

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Geisha at Shinbashi

Yoshitoshi

Geisha at Shinbashi

JP-79249

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Tokyo Firefighters Climbing Ladders at the First Event of the Year

Kunitoshi

Tokyo Firefighters Climbing Ladders at the First Event of the Year

JPR-209054

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The Story of the Monk Ikkyu and Courtesan Jigoku-dayu

Yoshitoshi

The Story of the Monk Ikkyu and Courtesan Jigoku-dayu

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The Dancing Pot at Ninnaji Temple

Yoshitoshi

The Dancing Pot at Ninnaji Temple

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Expelling Demons with Beans on Setsubun

Kyosai

Expelling Demons with Beans on Setsubun

JP-104237

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Taira no Kiyomori Buring with Fever Hallucinates About Hell. Burns with Fever

Yoshitoshi

Taira no Kiyomori Buring with Fever Hallucinates About Hell. Burns with Fever

JP6109

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Tanuki of Hiroo Plain

Yoshitoshi

Tanuki of Hiroo Plain

JP-79251

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Taira no Kiyomori Sees Skulls of His Victims

Yoshitoshi

Taira no Kiyomori Sees Skulls of His Victims

JPR-92240

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