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
Nakayama Yaichiro, Marino Yashiro, Mekake Kikuno, Iwata Senjuro and Kamata Matahachi
JPR-92365
Kuniyoshi
Lifelike Dolls in the Inner Temple at Asakusa
JP-210245
Hiroshige
Night View of Eight Scenic Places in Kanazawa, Musashi Province
JP-210163
Hiroshige
View of Flowers on Sumida River Banks and Mukojima
JP-209191
Kuniyoshi
In 1153 at Konoe's Palace the Skilled Archer Yorimasa Shooting the Nue
JP1503
Toyokuni III
Fireworks over Ryogoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital: Illustration of the Prosperity of the River Opening
JPR-209061
Toyokuni III
Flowers and Birds: Genji and His Companions
JPR-209056
Toyokuni III
Origin of the Three Shrines at Miyatogawa
JPR-208601
Kuniyoshi
Koman Swimming across Lake Biwa with Minamoto Banner Attacked by Sanemori (Taira Clan)
JPR-85075
Kuniyoshi
Miyamoto Musashi Knocking Down Shirakura Dengoemon and His Men with Broken Beam
JPR-85112
Kuniyoshi
Takeda Shingen Destroys Suwa Yorishige in Battle
JP2105
Sadahide
Imitation of Daimyo Procession by Children
JPR-208040
Kunihisa II
Kabuki Actor Nakamura Fukusuke as Nichiren Quelling Storm on His Exile to Sado Island
JP1-63138
Kuniyoshi
Miyamoto Musashi and the Whale Off the Coast of Hizen
JPR-87488