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

  • Aikawa, Minwa (ask Gosentei)
  • Eisen
  • Eizan
  • Gakutei
  • Hidenari
  • Hirosada
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hokkei
  • Hokuga
  • Hokusai
  • Katsushika, Isai
  • Kiyomoto II
  • Kunisada
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Mimura, Seizan
  • Shigenobu
  • Shinsai
  • Shunman
  • Shunsen
  • Sori III
  • Teisai, Shuri
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni III
  • Yoshiiku
  • Yoshitora
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshitsuya
  • Yoshiume
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Legends & History
  • Portraits
  • Warriors & Samurai

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Extra Small (ie. Koban)
  • Small (ie. Chuban)
  • Medium (ie. Oban)
  • Large (ie. Triptych)

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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Unno Kotaro Yukiuji Disguised as Yamagatsu Buo

Kunisada

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Unno Kotaro Yukiuji Disguised as Yamagatsu Buo

JPR-210526

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Kabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro III as Washi no Osaburo Disguised as Yamagatsu Kumao

Kunisada

Kabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro III as Washi no Osaburo Disguised as Yamagatsu Kumao

JPR-210523

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Kabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yoritomo

Kunisada

Kabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yoritomo

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Beauty of the Winding Stream Banquet

Kunisada

Beauty of the Winding Stream Banquet

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Oiran: Highest-ranking Courtesan

Kunisada

Oiran: Highest-ranking Courtesan

JPR-209643

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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kagekiyo

Kunisada

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kagekiyo

JPR-210525

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Chushingura: Momoi Wakasanosuke

Yoshiume

Chushingura: Momoi Wakasanosuke

JPR-207819

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