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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Harada, Kokyo
Destroyer Hayatori and Asagiri sinking Enemy Ships at Port Arthur during A Great Snowstorm at 3 a.m. on February 14, 1904
JPR-213404
Yoshitoshi
Fujiwara no Yasumasa Plays the Flute by Moonlight
JPR-213609
Yoshitoshi
Mount Yoshino Midnight Moon: Iga no Tsubone
JPR-211875
Chikanobu
Toyotomi Hideyoshi Viewing Cherry Blossoms
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Kunichika
Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Matsuomaru
JPR-211283
Hiroshige III
Trial Balloon Launch at the Naval Department Training Ground at Tsukiji
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Yoshitoshi
Received Back into Moon Palace: Bamboo Cutter
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Yoshitoshi
No. 210, Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Benkei in Kanjincho
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Bairei
Bairei Album of One Hundred Birds (Bairei Hyakucho Gafu), Volume 3
JPR-211128
Hokusai
Ehon Toshien Gogonzekku (Selected Chinese Poems in Five Syllables)
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Gekko
Greeting the Carriage of His Imperial Majesty and Commander-in-Chief
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Toshikata
Signaling the Start of the Main Tea Ceremony
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Toshikata
Break Between Light Meal and Serving of the Tea (Nakadachi)
JP-212920
Yoshitoshi
Looking Cute: Appearance of a Housewife in the Tenth Year of Meiji (1877)
JPR-212301
Kiyochika
Our Field Artillery Attacks the Enemy Camp at Jiuliancheng
JP-212797
Kiyochika
Attack and Occupation of Tianzhuangtai (Denshodai)
JP-212663
Yoshitoshi
Sadanobu Threatening a Demon in the Palace at Night
JPR-211693
Yoshitoshi
I no Hayata Killing the Nue at the Imperial Palace
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Sadahide
Foreigners in the Drawing Room of Foreign Merchant's House in Yokohama
JP-211201
Gekko
Picture of Captain Osawa and Six Others, the Seven-man Suicide Squad from the Warship Yaeyama, Pushing Forward in Rongcheng Bay
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Yoshimori
Arai in Totomi Province: Panoramic View of the Open Sea
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Sadahide
The Strength of the Sun Rising to the Heavens in the Sea of Great Edo
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Sadahide
Yokohama Trade: Westerners Loading Cargo
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Hiroshige III
True View of New Steam Trains in Yokohama
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Kiyochika
Visit of the Empress to the Field Hospital
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Yoshimori
Kanagawa in Musashi Province: Distant View of Yokohama
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Kiyochika
Naval Officer Kawajira Fumio Wounded during the Fierce Naval Battle at Port Arthur
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Gekko
Chapter 22: The Tendril Wreath (Tamakazura)
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