Japanese Woodblock Prints (1800 - 1868)

By the 19th century, Japanese woodblock prints achieved extraordinary popularity. While the shogunate issued a battery of censorship reforms throughout the 1800s, artists ignored and evaded restrictions with images of indulgent beauties and vibrant kabuki actors. As constraints tightened in the 1840s, bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women) became earthier in prints by Eizan and Eisen, while kabuki actors persevered in the work of Kunisada (aka Toyokuni III). During this period, ukiyo-e artists also added landscapes, warriors, ghosts and scenes of everyday life to their oeuvre. Artists such as Hokusai and Hiroshige indulged a national wanderlust through Meisho-e or “famous place pictures,” while Kuniyoshi championed musha-e, a genre of warrior and legendary pictures.

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Artist

  • Eisen
  • Eizan
  • Hokuba
  • Hokusai
  • Kunisada
  • Shigenobu
  • Toyokuni III

Subject

  • Animals & Fish
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Children
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Music & Dance
  • Nature
  • Portraits
  • Shunga
  • Winter

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Medium (ie. Oban)

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Hold Me Down

Eizan

Hold Me Down

JP1336

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First Time: Young Girl and Her Music Teacher

Eizan

First Time: Young Girl and Her Music Teacher

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A Happy Occasion

Eizan

A Happy Occasion

JP1366

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Stop Talking and Make Love!

Eizan

Stop Talking and Make Love!

JP1363

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Summetime Fun

Eizan

Summetime Fun

JP1364

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