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

  • Hiroshige III
  • Ikuhide
  • Kiyochika
  • Kunichika
  • Kunitoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Sadahide
  • Yoshimori
  • Yoshitoshi

Series

  • 100 Pictures by Kyosai
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 32 Aspects of Women
  • Sketches by Yoshitoshi

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

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

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Trial Balloon Launch at the Naval Department Training Ground at Tsukiji

Hiroshige III

Trial Balloon Launch at the Naval Department Training Ground at Tsukiji

JPR-210896

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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

JP-208603

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Three Geisha: Kayo of Osaka, Hitosuru of Kyoto, and Kokichi of Tokyo

Kiyochika

Three Geisha: Kayo of Osaka, Hitosuru of Kyoto, and Kokichi of Tokyo

JPR-209987

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Arai in Totomi Province: Panoramic View of the Open Sea

Yoshimori

Arai in Totomi Province: Panoramic View of the Open Sea

JPR-209984

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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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Hateful Things Are Feared by the World, A Crow Imitating a Cormorant

Kyosai

Hateful Things Are Feared by the World, A Crow Imitating a Cormorant

JP-208818

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Silence in the Snow

Kunichika

Silence in the Snow

JPR-209062

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Tokyo Firefighters Climbing Ladders at the First Event of the Year

Kunitoshi

Tokyo Firefighters Climbing Ladders at the First Event of the Year

JPR-209054

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Guardian God and Rochishin

Yoshitoshi

Guardian God and Rochishin

JP-104229

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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

JPR-208641

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Moon over Shi Clan Village: Kumonryu

Yoshitoshi

Moon over Shi Clan Village: Kumonryu

JPR-104401

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Li Kuei Battles Chang Shun Underwater

Yoshitoshi

Li Kuei Battles Chang Shun Underwater

JP-207870

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Ichikawa Danjuro as Kyumonryu Shishin

Kunichika

Ichikawa Danjuro as Kyumonryu Shishin

JP6367

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Kyumonryu Shishin

Yoshitoshi

Kyumonryu Shishin

JP6375

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Feeling Pain: A Prostitute in the Kansei Era

Yoshitoshi

Feeling Pain: A Prostitute in the Kansei Era

JPR-109486

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Mirror of Famous People in Peace Times

Kunichika

Mirror of Famous People in Peace Times

JP110828

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Ichikawa Kodanji; Evening Glow at the Eitaibashi

Kunichika

Ichikawa Kodanji; Evening Glow at the Eitaibashi

JP6359

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Foreign Merchantile Mansion in Yokohama

Sadahide

Foreign Merchantile Mansion in Yokohama

JP1-20374

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