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
  • Kiyochika
  • Kunichika
  • Kyosai
  • Nobukazu
  • Yoshikage II
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 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)
  • 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

  • 1868 - 1912 (Meiji)

Medium

  • Etching
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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

Beisaku

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

JP-96275

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Defying a Shower of Bullets, He, Alone, Opened Hyonmu Gate

Kiyochika

Defying a Shower of Bullets, He, Alone, Opened Hyonmu Gate

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Watching a Noh Performance

Chikanobu

Watching a Noh Performance

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Guardian God and Rochishin

Yoshitoshi

Guardian God and Rochishin

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Sugawara Michizane in Exile

Kiyochika

Sugawara Michizane in Exile

JPR-208437

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Fujiwara no Yasumasa Plays the Flute by Moonlight

Yoshitoshi

Fujiwara no Yasumasa Plays the Flute by Moonlight

JPR-208563

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Life of Yoshitsune: The Fight on Gojo Bridge with Benkei

Yoshitoshi

Life of Yoshitsune: The Fight on Gojo Bridge with Benkei

JPR-208441

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Procession at Nikko

Chikanobu

Procession at Nikko

JP-110854

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Setsubun: Warding Off Bad Luck

Chikanobu

Setsubun: Warding Off Bad Luck

JPR-97284

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Soga Juro Visiting His Mistress Oiso no Tora

Chikanobu

Soga Juro Visiting His Mistress Oiso no Tora

JPR-97282

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Expelling Demons with Beans on Setsubun

Kyosai

Expelling Demons with Beans on Setsubun

JP-104237

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Cherry Blossoms at Night in Spring

Chikanobu

Cherry Blossoms at Night in Spring

JPR-97181

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Life of Nichiren

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Life of Nichiren

JP-207868

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Life of Yoshitsune: The Fight on Gojo Bridge with Benkei

Yoshitoshi

Life of Yoshitsune: The Fight on Gojo Bridge with Benkei

JPR-83711

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Tale of Umewaka at Sumida River

Yoshitoshi

Tale of Umewaka at Sumida River

JP1-64119

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Ushiwaka-maru and Benkei on the Gojo Bridge

Kunichika

Ushiwaka-maru and Benkei on the Gojo Bridge

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Yoshitsune Learns Martial Arts on Mt. Kurama with a Tengu

Yoshitoshi

Yoshitsune Learns Martial Arts on Mt. Kurama with a Tengu

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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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Full Moon Viewing in Autumn

Nobukazu

Full Moon Viewing in Autumn

JPR-97296

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Scene from the Kabuki Play Chujo-hime Taima Engi

Kunichika

Scene from the Kabuki Play Chujo-hime Taima Engi

JP110452

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Beautiful Women Viewing the Moon

Nobukazu

Beautiful Women Viewing the Moon

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View of Early Summer

Chikanobu

View of Early Summer

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Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing the Flute by Moonlight

Yoshitoshi

Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing the Flute by Moonlight

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Fujiwara no Yasumasa Plays the Flute by Moonlight

Yoshitoshi

Fujiwara no Yasumasa Plays the Flute by Moonlight

JP1-70108

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