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

  • Hokusai
  • Kogyo
  • Tadakiyo
  • Yoshifuji
  • Yoshiiku
  • Yoshimitsu
  • Yoshitoshi

Series

  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 36 Ghosts and Strange Apparitions
  • Hokusai Manga
  • Yoshitoshi's Courageous Warriors

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
  • 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

  • Ehon
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Hokusai Manga, Volume 12

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Mount Yoshino Midnight Moon: Iga no Tsubone

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Mount Yoshino Midnight Moon: Iga no Tsubone

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Moon of the Lonely House

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A Poem by Tsunenobu

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A Poem by Tsunenobu

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Sagami-no-kami Hojo Takatoki Warding Off a Group of Tengu

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Fujiwara no Hidesato at the Dragon King's Palace

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I no Hayata Killing the Nue at the Imperial Palace

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I no Hayata Killing the Nue at the Imperial Palace

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The Foxfires in Nijushiko

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The Demon's Arm

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The Ghost of Okiku at Sarayashiki

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The Lucky Tea Kettle of Morin-ji Temple

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The Ghost Seigen Haunting Sakurahime

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Jigoku-Dayu in Meditation with Skeletons

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Heron Maiden

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Sadanobu Threatening a Demon in the Palace at Night

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Fujiwara no Hidesato Shooting the Centipede at the Dragon King's Palace

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Kiyohime Changing into a Serpent at the Hidaka River

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Danjuro as a Female Demon

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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Udanji as Thunder God and Kataoka Gado as Monkey Trainer

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Yomogiu: Otakutaro Mitsukuni Encounters Hobgoblins

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Tametomo's Ferocity Drives Away the Smallpox Demons

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The Ghost of Taira no Tomomori

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Kiyomori Sees Hundreds of Skulls at Fukuhara

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Fujiwara no Sanetaka's Obsession with the Sparrows

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