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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Toyokuni III
Adjusting Her Hairpin in the Lantern Light
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Toyokuni III
The Imitation Kisen: Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Oniazami Seishichi
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Toyokuni III
Rabbit: Taira Taro Yoshikado and Iga no Jutaro
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Toyokuni III
Tsuchinoe: Jiraiya and Arashi Yuminosuke
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Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actor Sawamura Tossho II as Hiranoya Kojiro
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Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V as Banzuiin Chobei
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Toyokuni III
Dog: Princess Fuse and Kanamari Daisuke
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Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Ishikawa Goemon
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Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Tengu Boy Kiritaro
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Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actor Bando Hikosaburo V as Hakamadare Yasusuke
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Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro I as Jiraiya
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Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Tenjiku Tokubei
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Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Spirit of the Cherry Tree : Poem by Fujiwara no Motozane
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Toyokuni III
Onoe Kikugoro III as the Ghost of Yasukata: Poem by Nakatsukasa
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Toyokuni III
Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Endo Musha: Poem by Fujiwara no Nakafumi
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Toyokuni III
Mishima: Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojo V as Osen
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Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actor Iwai Hanshiro VI as Minazuruhime
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