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

  • Beisaku
  • Chikanobu
  • Gekko
  • Ikuhide
  • Kiyochika
  • Kunichika
  • Nobukazu
  • Toshiaki
  • Toshimasa
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Views of the Moon

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Calligraphy
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Comic
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Landscapes
  • Legends & History
  • Moon & Night
  • Music & Dance
  • Nature
  • Pastimes
  • Poets & Scholars
  • Portraits
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Senso-e
  • Spring
  • Still Life
  • Summer
  • Sumo
  • Tattoo
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter
  • Yokohama-e & Nagasaki-e

Period

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

Medium

  • Etching
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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General Odera Attacking the Hundred Foot Cliff with All His Might

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General Odera Attacking the Hundred Foot Cliff with All His Might

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Contents Page: One Hundred Views of the Moon

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Contents Page: One Hundred Views of the Moon

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Illustration of the Fall of Port Arthur

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Illustration of the Fall of Port Arthur

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Greeting the Carriage of His Imperial Majesty and Commander-in-Chief

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Popular Viewing of the Captured Chinese Warship Chenyuen

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Popular Viewing of the Captured Chinese Warship Chenyuen

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Illustration of the Hard Fight at Fenghuangcheng

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Colonel Sato Charges at the Enemy Using the Regimental Flag as a Crutch in the Fierce Battle of Newchang

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Colonel Sato Charges at the Enemy Using the Regimental Flag as a Crutch in the Fierce Battle of Newchang

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Sino-Japanese War: Japanese Military Might Captures Pyongyang

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Mongaku's Penitence

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Heroic Fight of the Scout Lt. Takenouchi at Chung-Hua

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The Battle at Pyongyang

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The Battle at Pyongyang

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Raiko and the Earth Spider with Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugoro as the Earth Spider

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Raiko and the Earth Spider with Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugoro as the Earth Spider

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Fudo Myoo Threatens Yuten

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Kintaro Snaring a Giant Carp

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Kintaro Snaring a Giant Carp

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Hachiman Taro at Gosannen Battle

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Hachiman Taro at Gosannen Battle

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Ushiwakamaru

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Ushiwakamaru

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Guardian God and Rochishin

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Guardian God and Rochishin

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Imperial Visit to the Third National Industrial Exhibition in Ueno Park

Ikuhide

Imperial Visit to the Third National Industrial Exhibition in Ueno Park

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The Story of the Monk Ikkyu and Courtesan Jigoku-dayu

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The Story of the Monk Ikkyu and Courtesan Jigoku-dayu

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Sugawara Michizane in Exile

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Fujiwara no Yasumasa Plays the Flute by Moonlight

Yoshitoshi

Fujiwara no Yasumasa Plays the Flute by Moonlight

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Life of Yoshitsune: The Fight on Gojo Bridge with Benkei

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The Battle of Awazugahara: Tomoe Gozen and Hatakeyama Shigetada

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The Battle of Awazugahara: Tomoe Gozen and Hatakeyama Shigetada

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Life of Nichiren

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Life of Nichiren

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