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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Price

650000500

Artist

  • Aikawa, Minwa (ask Gosentei)
  • Eisen
  • Eizan
  • Gakutei
  • Hirokage
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hokusai
  • Kunisada
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Mimura, Seizan
  • Shunman
  • Sori III
  • Toyokiyo
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)
  • Yoshiiku
  • Yoshikata
  • Yoshikazu
  • Yoshitsuya
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Kuniyoshi)
  • 69 Stations of the Kisokaido
  • Heroes of the Taiheiki (Kuniyoshi)
  • Ogura 100 Poems by 100 Poets
  • Ukiyo-e Parallels for the Tale of Genji

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Calligraphy
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Comic
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Genji
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Landscapes
  • Legends & History
  • Moon & Night
  • Music & Dance
  • Nature
  • Pastimes
  • Poets & Scholars
  • Portraits
  • Rain
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Spring
  • Sumo
  • Surimono
  • Tattoo
  • Tokaido
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Higuchi Jiro (Kanemitsu) Fighting a Giant Monkey

Kuniyoshi

Higuchi Jiro (Kanemitsu) Fighting a Giant Monkey

JP-211112

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Mochizuki: Kaidomaru

Kuniyoshi

Mochizuki: Kaidomaru

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Shimonosuwa: Yaegaki-hime

Kuniyoshi

Shimonosuwa: Yaegaki-hime

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Seba: Musashibo Benkei and Tosabo Shoshun

Kuniyoshi

Seba: Musashibo Benkei and Tosabo Shoshun

JP-210627

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Kumagaya: Kojiro Naoie

Kuniyoshi

Kumagaya: Kojiro Naoie

JP-210624

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Yabuhara: Sue Harukata

Kuniyoshi

Yabuhara: Sue Harukata

JP-210660

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Samegai: Kanai Tanigoro

Kuniyoshi

Samegai: Kanai Tanigoro

JPR-210698

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Kusatsu: Young Master Yoshitaka

Kuniyoshi

Kusatsu: Young Master Yoshitaka

JPR-210700

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Musa: Miyamoto Musashi

Kuniyoshi

Musa: Miyamoto Musashi

JPR-210696

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Fukushima: Urashima Taro

Kuniyoshi

Fukushima: Urashima Taro

JPR-210686

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Tsumagome: Abe no Yasuna and Fox Kuzunoha

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Tsumagome: Abe no Yasuna and Fox Kuzunoha

JPR-210676

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Shiojiri: Takagi Toranosuke

Kuniyoshi

Shiojiri: Takagi Toranosuke

JPR-210669

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Itahana: Onzoshi Ushiwakamaru

Kuniyoshi

Itahana: Onzoshi Ushiwakamaru

JP-210659

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Matsuida: Yamauba and Matsui Tamijiro

Kuniyoshi

Matsuida: Yamauba and Matsui Tamijiro

JP-210643

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Shushiki

Kuniyoshi

Shushiki

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Yokkaichi

Kuniyoshi

Yokkaichi

JP1-17164

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Doji Yoshiharu Overthrowing a Giant Boar

Kuniyoshi

Doji Yoshiharu Overthrowing a Giant Boar

JP-209001

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Comical Panoramic View of Yoritomo’s Hunting Party under Mt. Fuji

Kuniyoshi

Comical Panoramic View of Yoritomo’s Hunting Party under Mt. Fuji

JPR-209039

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Comical Panoramic View of Yoritomo’s Hunting Party under Mt. Fuji

Kuniyoshi

Comical Panoramic View of Yoritomo’s Hunting Party under Mt. Fuji

JPR-209064

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Monkey: Onzoshi Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune)

Kuniyoshi

Monkey: Onzoshi Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune)

JPR-209048

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Iwanuma Kichirokuro Nobusato

Kuniyoshi

Iwanuma Kichirokuro Nobusato

JPR-208801

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Goldfish, Killifish, Stingray and Puffer Fish

Kuniyoshi

Goldfish, Killifish, Stingray and Puffer Fish

JP-208690

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Octopus on a Rock

Kuniyoshi

Octopus on a Rock

JP-208689

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The Toi Crystal River in Settsu Province

Kuniyoshi

The Toi Crystal River in Settsu Province

JPR-208250

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