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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  • 100 Famous Views of Edo
  • 36 Views of Mt. Fuji (Hiroshige)
  • 36 Views of Mt. Fuji (Hokusai)
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Gyosho
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Upright
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido - chuban
  • 60 Odd Provinces of Japan
  • Chushingura (Hiroshige)
  • Edo Meisho
  • Eight Views of Omi (Hiroshige)
  • Famous Views of 60-Odd Provinces
  • Famous Views of Kyoto (Hiroshige)
  • Large Fish (Hiroshige)
  • Ogura 100 Poems by 100 Poets
  • Snow, Moon and Flowers (Hiroshige)
  • Three Views of Japan
  • Toto Meisho