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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Gongsun Sheng, the Dragon in the Clouds (Nyuunryu Kosonsho)
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Ling Zhen, the Heaven-shaking Thunderbolt (Kotenrai Ryoshin)
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Fan Rui, the Demon King of Chaos (Konseimao Hanzui)
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Yang Zhi, the Blue-faced Beast (Seimenju Yoshi)
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Shi Xiu, the Reckless Third Son (Henmeisanro Sekishu)
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Zheng Tianshou, the Fair-skinned General (Hakumenrokun Teitenja)
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Zhang Qing, the Featherless Arrow (Bostu'usen Chosei)
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Li Gun, the Flying Deity (Hitentaisei Rikon)
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Suo Chao, the Swift Vanguard (Kyusenpo Sakucho)
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Dai Zong, the Magical Courier (Shinkotaiho Taiso)
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Wang Ying, the Stumpy Tiger (Waikyakuko Oei)
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Huang Xin, Guardian of Three Mountains (Chinsanzan Koshin)
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Ruan Xiao'er, the Immovable Year Star (Ritchitaisai Genshoji)
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Zhu Gui, the Dry-land Crocodile (Kanchikotsuritsu Shuki)
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The Goodwife Gu and An Daoquan (Botaichu Kodaiso and Shini Andozen)
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Sun Li, the Sickly General Yuchi (Byoutsuchi Sonritsu)
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Zou Run, the One-horned Dragon (Dokukakuryu Sujun), and Xie Bao, the Double-tailed Scorpion (Sobikatsu Kaiho)
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Zhang Shun, the White Streak in the Waves (Rorihakucho Chojun)
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Zou Yuan, the Dragon Emerging from the Wood (Shutsurinryu Suen)
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