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.

Filter

48 Products

Clear All

Availability

  • Available
  • Archive

Price

480080

Artist

  • Chikanobu
  • Eizan
  • Gekko
  • Hoitsu
  • Ikeda, Terukata
  • Kiyochika
  • Kyosai
  • Nobukazu
  • Toshihide
  • Toshikata
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Kaburagi, Kiyokata
  • Mori, Shunkei
  • Yukawa, Shodo
  • Mishima, Shoso
  • Takeuchi, Keishu
  • Tomioka, Eisen
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist
  • Yamanaka, Kodo

Series

  • 100 Pictures by Kyosai
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 12 Months in Modern Times
  • 24 Paragons of Filial Piety
  • 36 Ghosts and Strange Apparitions
  • Essays by Gekko
  • 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

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

48 Products

Autumn-colored Sumac

Mishima, Shoso

Autumn-colored Sumac

JPR-211243

$180.00
Ship
Pick up in Store
First Laugh: Girl with Puppy

Takeuchi, Keishu

First Laugh: Girl with Puppy

JPR-211225

SOLD

Girl with Cat Chasing Maple Leaves

Takeuchi, Keishu

Girl with Cat Chasing Maple Leaves

JPR-211217

$480.00
Ship
Pick up in Store
Puppy and Butterfly

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Puppy and Butterfly

JP-93027

$520.00
Ship
Pick up in Store
Chapter 35: Wakana II (Spring Shoots II)

Gekko

Chapter 35: Wakana II (Spring Shoots II)

JP-211064

$385.00
Ship
Pick up in Store
Chapter 28: The Typhoon (Nowaki)

Gekko

Chapter 28: The Typhoon (Nowaki)

JP-211051

$285.00
Ship
Pick up in Store
Chapter 7: Beneath the Autumn Leaves (Momiji no Ga)

Gekko

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

JP-211038

$285.00
Ship
Pick up in Store
Chapter 53: Writing Practice (Tenarai)

Gekko

Chapter 53: Writing Practice (Tenarai)

JP-211005

$345.00
Ship
Pick up in Store
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

SOLD

Chrysanthemum Garden

Gekko

Chrysanthemum Garden

JPR-210871

$100.00
Ship
Pick up in Store
Lady Chiyo: Poem About a Broken Bucket

Yoshitoshi

Lady Chiyo: Poem About a Broken Bucket

JP-208653

$1,800.00
Ship
Pick up in Store
Cloth-beating Moon: Yugiri

Yoshitoshi

Cloth-beating Moon: Yugiri

JP-210481

$1,400.00
Ship
Pick up in Store
Joganden Moon: Minamoto no Tsunemoto

Yoshitoshi

Joganden Moon: Minamoto no Tsunemoto

JP-210421

$1,100.00
Ship
Pick up in Store
October: Chrysanthemum Viewing

Nobukazu

October: Chrysanthemum Viewing

JPR-109616

$440.00
Ship
Pick up in Store
Late Winter: Merchant's Wife

Yukawa, Shodo

Late Winter: Merchant's Wife

JP1-68292

$640.00
Ship
Pick up in Store
Daruma of Enlightenment

Yoshitoshi

Daruma of Enlightenment

JPR-209583

SOLD

Flower on a Withered Tree, Strolling Like a Dog on the River

Kyosai

Flower on a Withered Tree, Strolling Like a Dog on the River

JP-208823

SOLD

Beauty Under a Maple Tree

Ikeda, Terukata

Beauty Under a Maple Tree

JPR-208135

SOLD

Joganden Moon

Yoshitoshi

Joganden Moon

JPR-109496

SOLD

September

Gekko

September

JPR-111240

SOLD

Title Page

Toshikata

Title Page

JP-107537

SOLD

Maple Leaf Viewing

Toshihide

Maple Leaf Viewing

JP110258

$450.00
Ship
Pick up in Store
Color of Autumn

Tomioka, Eisen

Color of Autumn

JP-93061

$380.00
Ship
Pick up in Store
Morning after Snow

Tomioka, Eisen

Morning after Snow

JP-93171

$480.00
Ship
Pick up in Store