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

  • Ashiyuki
  • Eisen
  • Eizan
  • Gakutei
  • Gekko
  • Hidematsu
  • Hirokage
  • Hirosada
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hokkei
  • Hokusai
  • Kunichika
  • Kunimori II
  • Kunisada
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kuniyasu
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Sadahide
  • Sadanobu
  • Shinsai
  • Shunman
  • Shunsen
  • Sori III
  • Sugakudo
  • Toshikata
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)
  • Toyokuni III
  • Utamaro
  • Yoshiiku
  • Yoshikata
  • Yoshikazu
  • Yoshikuni
  • Yoshitora
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshitsuya
  • Yoshiume
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 100 Pictures by Kyosai

Subject

  • Animals & Fish
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Comic
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Music & Dance
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Warriors & Samurai

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Extra Small (ie. Koban)
  • Medium (ie. Oban)

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Beauty with Koto

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Beauty with Koto

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The Husband's Beloved Red Hat, Shaking Like the Ghost of the Potato Jelly

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The Husband's Beloved Red Hat, Shaking Like the Ghost of the Potato Jelly

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Hiding the Head but Not the Butt

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Hiding the Head but Not the Butt

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Flower on a Withered Tree, Strolling Like a Dog on the River

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Flower on a Withered Tree, Strolling Like a Dog on the River

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Flowers Sprouting from Dried Beans, Getting a Headache from Worrying about Your Neighbor's Digestion

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Flowers Sprouting from Dried Beans, Getting a Headache from Worrying about Your Neighbor's Digestion

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A Bell Hanging from a Lantern, Three People Together are as Wise as the Bodhisattva Monju

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A Bell Hanging from a Lantern, Three People Together are as Wise as the Bodhisattva Monju

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Playful Elephants from India

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Playful Elephants from India

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