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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Hiroshige
Shinano Province, The Moon Reflected in the Sarashina Paddy-fields, Mount Kyodai
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Hiroshige
Act XI, Scene III: The Capture of Moronao
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Hiroshige
The Kinuta Jewel River in Settsu Province
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Hiroshige
Foxfires on New Year's Eve at the Changing Tree, Oji
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Hiroshige
Night View of Eight Scenic Places in Kanazawa, Musashi Province
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Hiroshige
Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge
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Hiroshige
Shinano Province, The Moon Reflected in the Sarashina Paddy-fields, Mount Kyodai
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Hiroshige
Kaga Province, The Eight Wonders of Kanazawa, The Fishing Fires on Lake Renko
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Hiroshige
Aki Province, Itsukushima, Depiction of a Festival
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