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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Koman Swimming across Lake Biwa with Minamoto Banner Attacked by Sanemori (Taira Clan)
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Scene from Kabuki Play: Yoshibei, Chokichi and Yoshibei's Wife Oume
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Miyamoto Musashi Knocking Down Shirakura Dengoemon and His Men with Broken Beam
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Musashibo Benkei and Minamoto no Ushiwakamaru on Gojo Bridge
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Young Samurai Shume no Kokingo, Igami no Gonta and Gonta's Sister Osato
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Takeda Shingen Destroys Suwa Yorishige in Battle
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The Female Warrior Tomoe Gozen at Awazugahara Battle
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Shi Jin, the Nine-dragon Tatttoo (Kyumonryu Shishin)
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Night Rain at Kurama: Onzoshi Ushiwaka Maru Holding His Straw Hat under Water
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Returning Boats at Hakata: The Pirate Kezori Kuemon in European Clothes
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