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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Yoshitsuna
Empress Jingu Attacks the Three Korean Kingdoms
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Yoshitora
Sendaihagi: Nikki Danjo at Yamana-ke Mansion
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Kuniyoshi
The Former Emperor [Sutoku] Sends His Retainers to Rescue Tametomo
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Kuniyoshi
Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Jiraiya with a Monster Toad
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Toyokuni III
Origin of the Three Shrines at Miyatogawa
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Yoshitora
Minamoto no Yoshitsune Crossing the Sea to Ezo
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Kuniyoshi
Benkei Dragging Off the Great Bell of Miidera
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Kuniyoshi
The Earth Spider Conjures Goblins at the Mansion of Minamoto no Yorimitsu (Raiko)
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Kuniyoshi
Koman Swimming across Lake Biwa with Minamoto Banner Attacked by Sanemori (Taira Clan)
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Kuniyoshi
Kuzunoha Fox from Shinoda Forest and Abe no Yasuna
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Kuniyoshi
Miyamoto Musashi Knocking Down Shirakura Dengoemon and His Men with Broken Beam
JPR-85112
Kuniyoshi
Chinese Heroes Pledge Brotherhood in Peach Garden
JPR-78832
Kuniyoshi
Musashibo Benkei and Minamoto no Ushiwakamaru on Gojo Bridge
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Kuniyoshi
Takeda Shingen Destroys Suwa Yorishige in Battle
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Kuniyoshi
The Female Warrior Tomoe Gozen at Awazugahara Battle
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Kuniyoshi
Minamoto no Tametomo Sinking the Ship with a Single Arrow
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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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