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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Artist

  • Kunisada
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Sadahide
  • Toyokuni III

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Calligraphy
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Comic
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Genji
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Insects
  • Landscapes
  • Legends & History
  • Moon & Night
  • Mt. Fuji
  • Music & Dance
  • Nature
  • Pastimes
  • Poets & Scholars
  • Portraits
  • Rain
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Sumo
  • Tattoo
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter
  • Yokohama-e & Nagasaki-e

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Events in Oedo Held Throughout the Year: First Sale on the Second Day of the New Year in Nihonbashi

Sadahide

Events in Oedo Held Throughout the Year: First Sale on the Second Day of the New Year in Nihonbashi

JP-210367

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Irises from the Pleasure Quarter

Toyokuni III

Irises from the Pleasure Quarter

JPR-210901

$650.00
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Peony Garden

Toyokuni III

Peony Garden

JPR-209055

$1,200.00
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Genji Figures with Flowers

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

Genji Figures with Flowers

JPR-210062

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Incomparable Hidari Jingoro (Master Sculptor)

Kuniyoshi

Incomparable Hidari Jingoro (Master Sculptor)

JPR-87609

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In 1153 at Konoe's Palace the Skilled Archer Yorimasa Shooting the Nue

Kuniyoshi

In 1153 at Konoe's Palace the Skilled Archer Yorimasa Shooting the Nue

JP1503

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Fireworks over Ryogoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital: Illustration of the Prosperity of the River Opening

Toyokuni III

Fireworks over Ryogoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital: Illustration of the Prosperity of the River Opening

JPR-209061

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Plum Garden at Omurai: The Seven Plants of Autumn

Toyokuni III

Plum Garden at Omurai: The Seven Plants of Autumn

JPR-209058

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Flower Viewing at Kinkaku-ji

Toyokuni III

Flower Viewing at Kinkaku-ji

JPR-209057

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Flowers and Birds: Genji and His Companions

Toyokuni III

Flowers and Birds: Genji and His Companions

JPR-209056

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Dedication of Kyoka Poems for Kinryuzan Temple

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

Dedication of Kyoka Poems for Kinryuzan Temple

JPR-93978

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The Toi Crystal River in Settsu Province

Kuniyoshi

The Toi Crystal River in Settsu Province

JPR-208250

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Snow Cat: The First Snow of the Year

Kuniyoshi

Snow Cat: The First Snow of the Year

JP6284

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Snow

Toyokuni III

Snow

JPR1-51437

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Children's Accomplishments: The Four Arts

Kunisada

Children's Accomplishments: The Four Arts

JP-209372

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