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

  • Bairei
  • Chikanobu
  • Chikuseki
  • Gekko
  • Hoitsu
  • Ikeda, Terukata
  • Keinen
  • Nobukazu
  • Rinsai
  • Toshikata
  • Yasuda, Shodo
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Zeshin
  • Kajita, Hanko
  • Mori, Shunkei
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 32 Aspects of Women
  • 36 Ghosts and Strange Apparitions
  • Bairei's Flowers and Birds
  • Daily Practice of the Tea Ceremony
  • Tale of Genji (Gekko)
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 1912 - 1945 (Taisho & Early Showa)

Medium

  • Ehon
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

52 Products

Chigusa no Hana (A Thousand Kinds of Flowers), Volumes II, III & IV

Bairei

Chigusa no Hana (A Thousand Kinds of Flowers), Volumes II, III & IV

JPR-211101

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Chapter 30: Thoroughwort Flowers (Fujibakama)

Gekko

Chapter 30: Thoroughwort Flowers (Fujibakama)

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Chapter 43: Red Plum Blossoms

Gekko

Chapter 43: Red Plum Blossoms

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Chapter 42: The Perfumed Prince

Gekko

Chapter 42: The Perfumed Prince

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Chapter 8: Under the Cherry Blossoms (Hana no En)

Gekko

Chapter 8: Under the Cherry Blossoms (Hana no En)

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Adonis Plant

Gekko

Adonis Plant

JPR-210873

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Begonia

Gekko

Begonia

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Chrysanthemum Garden

Gekko

Chrysanthemum Garden

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A Poem by Minamoto no Yorimasa

Yoshitoshi

A Poem by Minamoto no Yorimasa

JP-210423

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October: Chrysanthemum Viewing

Nobukazu

October: Chrysanthemum Viewing

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Woman in an Iris Garden

Ikeda, Terukata

Woman in an Iris Garden

JPR-210297

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Flowering

Zeshin

Flowering

JP-208175

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Flower Arranging

Chikanobu

Flower Arranging

JP-209762

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Title Page

Toshikata

Title Page

JP-107537

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Sunflower and Owl

Rinsai

Sunflower and Owl

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Bijin Viewing Plum Blossoms

Toshikata

Bijin Viewing Plum Blossoms

JP-93034

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Shogun's Inspection of Ammunition Explosions Over Water

Chikanobu

Shogun's Inspection of Ammunition Explosions Over Water

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Viewing Wisteria in Full Bloom

Chikanobu

Viewing Wisteria in Full Bloom

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Taking Down a Blind

Toshikata

Taking Down a Blind

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Entering a Tea Room

Toshikata

Entering a Tea Room

JPR-208715

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Title Page: Daily Practice of the Tea Ceremony

Toshikata

Title Page: Daily Practice of the Tea Ceremony

JPR-208712

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Lady-in-waiting: Woman of the Hotoku Era (1449-52)

Toshikata

Lady-in-waiting: Woman of the Hotoku Era (1449-52)

JPR-208646

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Brown-Eared Bulbul and Rangoon Creeper

Bairei

Brown-Eared Bulbul and Rangoon Creeper

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Green Back Parrot and Japanese Plum Blossoms

Keinen

Green Back Parrot and Japanese Plum Blossoms

JPR1-72037

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