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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Price

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Artist

  • Chikanobu
  • Gekko
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hiroshige III
  • Hokusai
  • Kunichika
  • Sadanobu
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Hasegawa, Kannosuke (Chikuyo)
  • Yushin, Ayaoka

Series

  • 100 Views of Mt. Fuji
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 32 Aspects of Women
  • Sketches by Yoshitoshi
  • 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
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter
  • Yokohama-e & Nagasaki-e

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)
  • 1868 - 1912 (Meiji)

Medium

  • Ehon
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

33 Products

One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji (Fugaku Hyakkei), Volume III

Hokusai

One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji (Fugaku Hyakkei), Volume III

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Ehon: One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji [Complete Set]

Hokusai

Ehon: One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji [Complete Set]

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Panoramic View of Arashiyama from the Triple Teahouse

Sadanobu

Panoramic View of Arashiyama from the Triple Teahouse

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The Precincts of the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine

Sadanobu

The Precincts of the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine

JPR-210290

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Cavalry Scouting the Battery at Port Arthur from Tucheng

Cavalry Scouting the Battery at Port Arthur from Tucheng

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Uraga in Sagami Province

Hiroshige

Uraga in Sagami Province

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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

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Silence in the Snow

Kunichika

Silence in the Snow

JPR-209062

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December

Gekko

December

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Hokusai Manga

Hokusai

Hokusai Manga

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One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji (Fugaku Hyakkei)

Hokusai

One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji (Fugaku Hyakkei)

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Kites: Hirokoji at Ueno

Hiroshige III

Kites: Hirokoji at Ueno

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Guardian God and Rochishin

Yoshitoshi

Guardian God and Rochishin

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Moon over Shi Clan Village: Kumonryu

Yoshitoshi

Moon over Shi Clan Village: Kumonryu

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Cherry Blossom at Todai (Ueno)

Gekko

Cherry Blossom at Todai (Ueno)

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Craft Shop

Hiroshige III

Craft Shop

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Li Kuei Battles Chang Shun Underwater

Yoshitoshi

Li Kuei Battles Chang Shun Underwater

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Fukagawa Susaki and Jumantsubo

Hiroshige

Fukagawa Susaki and Jumantsubo

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Ichikawa Danjuro as Kyumonryu Shishin

Kunichika

Ichikawa Danjuro as Kyumonryu Shishin

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Kyumonryu Shishin

Yoshitoshi

Kyumonryu Shishin

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Sudden Shower over Ohashi Bridge

Hiroshige

Sudden Shower over Ohashi Bridge

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Feeling Pain: A Prostitute in the Kansei Era

Yoshitoshi

Feeling Pain: A Prostitute in the Kansei Era

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Winter Battle in Osaka (Sanada Yukimura Hides in Reeds)

Gekko

Winter Battle in Osaka (Sanada Yukimura Hides in Reeds)

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Iris Garden

Yoshitoshi

Iris Garden

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