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
Minamoto no Tametomo Sinking the Ship with a Single Arrow
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Sadahide
Imitation of Daimyo Procession by Children
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Yoshikazu
Battle of Kurikaradani at Tonamiyama in Kaga Province
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Yoshitora
Miyamoto Musashi Fights Sasaki Ganryu at Ganryujima in Kyushu
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Kunihisa II
Kabuki Actor Nakamura Fukusuke as Nichiren Quelling Storm on His Exile to Sado Island
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Hokusai
Numazu: Travelers Looking at Sengan Waterway
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Unsigned / Unknown Artist
Fudo Myoo with Seitaka and Kongara
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