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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Hokusai
Fuji Seen in the Distance from Senju Pleasure Quarter
JPR-108723-1
Hokusai
Amusements of the East (Azuma Asobi), Volume 3
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Hokusai
Kirifuri Waterfall at Mt. Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province
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Hokusai
Picture Book of Chinese and Japanese Warriors (Wakan Ehon sakigake shohen)
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Hokusai
The Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaido
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Hokusai
Yoshitsune's Horse-washing Falls at Yoshino in Yamato Province
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Hokusai
Twelfth Month: House Cleaning in Preparation for New Year's Eve
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