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

75000500

Artist

  • Hirosada
  • Hokusai
  • Kiyomoto II
  • Kunichika
  • Kunisada
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni III
  • Yoshitoshi

Series

  • 100 Poems by 100 Poets (Kuniyoshi)
  • 108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Kuniyoshi)
  • 69 Stations of the Kisokaido
  • Biographies of the Loyal Retainers

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
  • Pastimes
  • Poets & Scholars
  • Portraits
  • Rain
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Spring
  • Sumo
  • Surimono
  • Tattoo
  • Tokaido
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)
  • 1868 - 1912 (Meiji)

Medium

  • Painting
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

52 Products

Takiyasha and Skeleton Specter in the Ruined Palace at Soma

Kuniyoshi

Takiyasha and Skeleton Specter in the Ruined Palace at Soma

JP-208785

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Yatsuhashi: Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Teranishi Kanshin

Kuniyoshi

Yatsuhashi: Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Teranishi Kanshin

JP-208298

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Minamoto no Yoriie Watching Asahina Yoshihide Fighting Two Crocodiles at Kotsubo in Kamakura

Kuniyoshi

Minamoto no Yoriie Watching Asahina Yoshihide Fighting Two Crocodiles at Kotsubo in Kamakura

JPR5045

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Hayano Kanpei Tsuneyo

Kuniyoshi

Hayano Kanpei Tsuneyo

JPR-209327

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The Former Emperor [Sutoku] Sends His Retainers to Rescue Tametomo

Kuniyoshi

The Former Emperor [Sutoku] Sends His Retainers to Rescue Tametomo

JPR-208795

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The Earth Spider Conjures Goblins at the Mansion of Minamoto no Yorimitsu (Raiko)

Kuniyoshi

The Earth Spider Conjures Goblins at the Mansion of Minamoto no Yorimitsu (Raiko)

JP-88250

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Ghosts of Sakura Togo

Kuniyoshi

Ghosts of Sakura Togo

JPR-207796

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Kuzunoha Fox from Shinoda Forest and Abe no Yasuna

Kuniyoshi

Kuzunoha Fox from Shinoda Forest and Abe no Yasuna

JPR-92062

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Shi Jin, the Nine-dragon Tatttoo (Kyumonryu Shishin)

Kuniyoshi

Shi Jin, the Nine-dragon Tatttoo (Kyumonryu Shishin)

JPR-111864

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Ashida: Araimaru and Jogetsuni

Kuniyoshi

Ashida: Araimaru and Jogetsuni

JPR-87290

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Warabi: Inuyama Dosetsu

Kuniyoshi

Warabi: Inuyama Dosetsu

JPR-84862

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Kuwana; Story of the Sailor Tokuzo

Kuniyoshi

Kuwana; Story of the Sailor Tokuzo

JPR-77442

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Shoki Holding Oni

Kuniyoshi

Shoki Holding Oni

JPR-109904

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Spirit of the Cat Woman: Okabe

Kuniyoshi

Spirit of the Cat Woman: Okabe

JP2769

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Minamoto no Tametomo Rescued by Tengu

Kuniyoshi

Minamoto no Tametomo Rescued by Tengu

JPR-85206

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Tenjiku Tokubei

Kuniyoshi

Tenjiku Tokubei

JPR-84973

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Last Stand of Kusunoki Clan at Shijo-Nawate

Kuniyoshi

Last Stand of Kusunoki Clan at Shijo-Nawate

JPR-77548

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Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Asayama Tetsuzan (L), Ichikawa Kodanji VI as Ghost of Okiku (C) and Bando Shuka as Hatsushiba (R)

Kuniyoshi

Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Asayama Tetsuzan (L), Ichikawa Kodanji VI as Ghost of Okiku (C) and Bando Shuka as Hatsushiba (R)

JPR-85104

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Oiwake: Oiwa and Takuetsu

Kuniyoshi

Oiwake: Oiwa and Takuetsu

JPR-87288

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Tanmei Jiro Gen Shogo (Ruan Xiaowu)

Kuniyoshi

Tanmei Jiro Gen Shogo (Ruan Xiaowu)

JPR-84929

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Ghosts of Oiwa and Kohei

Kuniyoshi

Ghosts of Oiwa and Kohei

JPR-87314

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Konkoryu Rishun (LI Jun)

Kuniyoshi

Konkoryu Rishun (LI Jun)

JPR-84945

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Rori Hakucho Chojun (Zhang Shun)

Kuniyoshi

Rori Hakucho Chojun (Zhang Shun)

JPR-84918

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Kusatsu:Dragon Lady and Tawara no Toto

Kuniyoshi

Kusatsu:Dragon Lady and Tawara no Toto

JPR-84868

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