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

  • Hokkei
  • Shimizu, Seifu
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Terasaki, Kogyo
  • Tomioka, Eisen
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • Sketches by Yoshitoshi

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • 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
  • Shunga
  • Spring
  • Still Life
  • Summer
  • Surimono
  • Tattoo
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)
  • 1868 - 1912 (Meiji)
  • 1912 - 1945 (Taisho & Early Showa)

Medium

  • Ehon
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Kintaro Captures the Giant Carp

Yoshitoshi

Kintaro Captures the Giant Carp

JPR-209581

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Kintaro as Referee

Hokkei

Kintaro as Referee

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

Shimizu, Seifu

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

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Noh Actors

Noh Actors

JPR-209558

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The Dancing Pot at Ninna-ji

Yoshitoshi

The Dancing Pot at Ninna-ji

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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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Kyumonryu Shishin, One of the 108 Heroes of the Suikoden

Yoshitoshi

Kyumonryu Shishin, One of the 108 Heroes of the Suikoden

JPR-209584

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Mother and Son

Tomioka, Eisen

Mother and Son

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Iris Garden

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Iris Garden

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Sea-Bathing Beauty

Terasaki, Kogyo

Sea-Bathing Beauty

JPR-99006

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