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

  • Kiyochika
  • Kogyo
  • Kunichika
  • Kyosai
  • Tadakiyo
  • Yoshifuji
  • Yoshimitsu
  • Yoshitora
  • Yoshitoshi

Series

  • 100 Pictures by Kyosai
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 36 Ghosts and Strange Apparitions
  • Sketches by Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshitoshi's Courageous Warriors

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
  • 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

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

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Fujiwara no Hidesato at the Dragon King's Palace

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Kyosai's Pictures of One Hundred Demons [Complete Album]

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Water for the Thunder God's Bath

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The Painter Okyo and the Ghost

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The Demon's Arm

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The Lucky Tea Kettle of Morin-ji Temple

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Fujiwara no Hidesato Shooting the Centipede at the Dragon King's Palace

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Danjuro as a Female Demon

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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Udanji as Thunder God and Kataoka Gado as Monkey Trainer

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Kabuki Play Modoribashi, Inoue Kikugoro V as the Demon of Mt. Atago Disguised as Sayuri

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The Husband's Beloved Red Hat, Shaking Like the Ghost of the Potato Jelly

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Tametomo's Ferocity Drives Away the Smallpox Demons

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The Ghost of Taira no Tomomori

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Kiyomori Sees Hundreds of Skulls at Fukuhara

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Fujiwara no Sanetaka's Obsession with the Sparrows

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Onogawa Kisaburo

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The Story of the Monk Ikkyu and Courtesan Jigoku-dayu

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The Ghost of Seigen Haunting Sakurahime

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Shoki Capturing a Demon in a Dream

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Priest Raigo of Mii TempleTransformed by Wicked Thoughts into a Rat

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Tametomo's Ferocity Drives Away the Smallpox Demons

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The Moon of the Lonely House

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Sumiyoshi Full Moon: Lord Teika

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