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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Higuchi Jiro (Kanemitsu) Fighting a Giant Monkey
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Poet Fujiwara no Okikaze: Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu on Pine Tree
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Moriyama: Zen Master Bodhidharma (Daruma)
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Toriimoto: Taira Tadamori and the Oil Priest
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Ota: Ryochiku the Quack Doctor and Amakawaya Gihei
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Kuniyoshi
Shi Qian, the Flea on the Drum (Kojoso Jisen)
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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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Minamoto Ushiwakamaru and Musashibo Benkei
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Monkey: Onzoshi Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune)
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Musashibo Benkei and Minamoto no Ushiwakamaru on Gojo Bridge
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