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
Sumo Wrestlers Shiranui Dakuemon (center left), Tsurugizan Taniemon (center right), with Referee Shikimori Inosuke (left) and Judge Retired Wrestler Miyagino (right)
JP-104226
Kuniyoshi
Raiko Severing the Head of the Shutendoji at Mt. Oe
JPR-209045
Kuniyoshi
The Capture of Kidomaru by Minamoto no Raiko
JP-209216
Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
Minamoto no Yorimitsu and Four Retainers Defeating Shutendoji
JPR-209031
Kuniyoshi
Incomparable Hidari Jingoro (Master Sculptor)
JPR-87609
Kuniyoshi
In 1153 at Konoe's Palace the Skilled Archer Yorimasa Shooting the Nue
JP1503
Kuniyoshi
At Kiyomori's Visit to Nunobiki Waterfall, Ghost of Akugenta Yoshihira Strikes Down Nanba Jiro
JPR-84454
Kuniyoshi
Takiyasha and Skeleton Specter in the Ruined Palace at Soma
JP-208785
Kuniyoshi
Minamoto no Yoriie Watching Asahina Yoshihide Fighting Two Crocodiles at Kotsubo in Kamakura
JPR5045
Kuniyoshi
The Former Emperor [Sutoku] Sends His Retainers to Rescue Tametomo
JPR-208795
Kuniyoshi
The Earth Spider Conjures Goblins at the Mansion of Minamoto no Yorimitsu (Raiko)
JP-88250
Kuniyoshi
Kuzunoha Fox from Shinoda Forest and Abe no Yasuna
JPR-92062
Toyokuni III
Sumo Wrestlers on the Ring for Entering Ceremony
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Kuniyoshi
Last Stand of Kusunoki Clan at Shijo-Nawate
JPR-77548
Kunisada
The Great Sumo Wrestling between Momotaro and Kaidomaru
JP-104233
Kuniyoshi
Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Asayama Tetsuzan (L), Ichikawa Kodanji VI as Ghost of Okiku (C) and Bando Shuka as Hatsushiba (R)
JPR-85104
Hidematsu
The Great Kanjin Sumo: High Ranking Sumo Wrestlers Line Up Towards the Ring
JP-94558
Kuniyoshi
Ama Recovering the Jewel from the Dragon Palace
JPR-85195
Kuniyoshi
Takiyasha and Skeleton Specter in the Ruined Palace at Soma
JPR-88238