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

1200080

Artist

  • Chikanobu
  • Eizan
  • Gekko
  • Hoitsu
  • Ikeda, Terukata
  • Kiyochika
  • Kunichika
  • Nobukazu
  • Toshihide
  • Toshikata
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Mori, Shunkei
  • Takeuchi, Keishu
  • Tomioka, Eisen
  • Yamanaka, Kodo

Series

  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 12 Months in Modern Times
  • 32 Aspects of Women
  • 36 Ghosts and Strange Apparitions
  • Sketches by Yoshitoshi
  • Tale of Genji (Gekko)
  • Ukiyo-e 12 Months

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
  • Senso-e
  • Shunga
  • 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)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Girl with Cat Chasing Maple Leaves

Takeuchi, Keishu

Girl with Cat Chasing Maple Leaves

JPR-211217

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Chapter 28: The Typhoon (Nowaki)

Gekko

Chapter 28: The Typhoon (Nowaki)

JP-211051

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Chapter 7: Beneath the Autumn Leaves (Momiji no Ga)

Gekko

Chapter 7: Beneath the Autumn Leaves (Momiji no Ga)

JP-211038

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Chapter 53: Writing Practice (Tenarai)

Gekko

Chapter 53: Writing Practice (Tenarai)

JP-211005

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Title Page: The Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji

Gekko

Title Page: The Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji

JP-210963

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Chrysanthemum Garden

Gekko

Chrysanthemum Garden

JPR-210871

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Lady Chiyo: Poem About a Broken Bucket

Yoshitoshi

Lady Chiyo: Poem About a Broken Bucket

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Village of the Shi Clan on a Moonlit Night: Kyumonryu

Yoshitoshi

Village of the Shi Clan on a Moonlit Night: Kyumonryu

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Cloth-beating Moon: Yugiri

Yoshitoshi

Cloth-beating Moon: Yugiri

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Joganden Moon: Minamoto no Tsunemoto

Yoshitoshi

Joganden Moon: Minamoto no Tsunemoto

JP-210421

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October: Chrysanthemum Viewing

Nobukazu

October: Chrysanthemum Viewing

JPR-109616

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Actors Sawamura Tossho II as Mitsushima Samon, Otani Konohei as a Police Officer (Torite) (R), Nakamura Shikan IV as Jinriki Tamigoro, Nakamura Nakazo III as Kimyo-in (C), Otani Monza as a Bad Guy, and Otani Tomoemon V as Shirataki no Yokichi

Kunichika

Actors Sawamura Tossho II as Mitsushima Samon, Otani Konohei as a Police Officer (Torite) (R), Nakamura Shikan IV as Jinriki Tamigoro, Nakamura Nakazo III as Kimyo-in (C), Otani Monza as a Bad Guy, and Otani Tomoemon V as Shirataki no Yokichi

JPR-209709

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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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Beauty Under a Maple Tree

Ikeda, Terukata

Beauty Under a Maple Tree

JPR-208135

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Joganden Moon

Yoshitoshi

Joganden Moon

JPR-109496

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September

Gekko

September

JPR-111240

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Title Page

Toshikata

Title Page

JP-107537

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Maple Leaf Viewing

Toshihide

Maple Leaf Viewing

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Color of Autumn

Tomioka, Eisen

Color of Autumn

JP-93061

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Moon Viewing

Chikanobu

Moon Viewing

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Silence in the Snow

Kunichika

Silence in the Snow

JPR-209062

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Mother and Child in Autumn

Eizan

Mother and Child in Autumn

JPR-207896

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Guardian God and Rochishin

Yoshitoshi

Guardian God and Rochishin

JP-104229

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Composing Poetry: Noblewoman of the An'ei Era (1772-81)

Toshikata

Composing Poetry: Noblewoman of the An'ei Era (1772-81)

JPR-208645

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