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
  • Miyagawa, Shuntei
  • Nobukazu
  • Rinsai
  • Sugakudo
  • Toshikata
  • Yasuda, Shodo
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Zeshin
  • Kajita, Hanko
  • Mori, Shunkei
  • Tanigami, Konan
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 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)

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Sake Gourd with Dish and Butterfly

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Green Back Parrot and Japanese Plum Blossoms

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Strolling: An Upper Class Wife of the Meiji Era

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Chicks, Bees and Tsuwabuki

Sugakudo

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Cherry Blossoms at Night in Spring

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Cherry Blossom at Todai (Ueno)

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Magnolia and Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

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Magnolia and Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

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Narcissus

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Narcissus

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Christmas Cactus Flower

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Christmas Cactus Flower

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View of Shinobazu from Ueno

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View of Shinobazu from Ueno

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Golden Pheasant and Peach Blossoms

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Golden Pheasant and Peach Blossoms

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Praying Mantis and Fly

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Autumn Flower

Hoitsu

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The Delighted Type: A Modern Geisha in the Meiji Era

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The Delighted Type: A Modern Geisha in the Meiji Era

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Catching Fireflies

Miyagawa, Shuntei

Catching Fireflies

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The Spirit of the Cherry Tree

Yoshitoshi

The Spirit of the Cherry Tree

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February: Inari Shrine Festival

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New Year's Sunrise

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Rooster, Hen and Canola Blossoms

Keinen

Rooster, Hen and Canola Blossoms

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Grasshopper and Rice

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Grasshopper and Rice

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Grasshopper and Flowering Squash

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Japanese Plum and Emerald Dove

Keinen

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Chinese Milk Vetch, Violet, Dandelion, Field Horsetail and Skylark

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Chinese Milk Vetch, Violet, Dandelion, Field Horsetail and Skylark

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