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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Kuniyoshi
Li Kui, the Black Whirlwind, also Iron Ox (Kokusenpu Riki, Ichimei Ritetsugyu)
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Sumo Wrestlers Shiranui Dakuemon (center left), Tsurugizan Taniemon (center right), with Referee Shikimori Inosuke (left) and Judge Retired Wrestler Miyagino (right)
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Poem by Ise no Daifu: Yatahei and Kokonoe-tayu
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Nakamura Utaemon IV as Fortune Teller Sangokuken
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Portrait of Daruma by Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV
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Kuniyoshi
Du Qian, the Sky Toucher (Mochakuten Tosen)
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The Capture of Kidomaru by Minamoto no Raiko
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Incomparable Hidari Jingoro (Master Sculptor)
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Kuniyoshi
In 1153 at Konoe's Palace the Skilled Archer Yorimasa Shooting the Nue
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At Kiyomori's Visit to Nunobiki Waterfall, Ghost of Akugenta Yoshihira Strikes Down Nanba Jiro
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General Tamura and the Demon of Suzuka Mountain in Tsuchiyama
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Takiyasha and Skeleton Specter in the Ruined Palace at Soma
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