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
Sadahide
Events in Oedo Held Throughout the Year: First Sale on the Second Day of the New Year in Nihonbashi
JP-210367
Hiroshige
Night View of Eight Scenic Places in Kanazawa, Musashi Province
JP-210163
Kuniyoshi
The Battle at the Eastern Temple, Rokuhara
JPR-209044
Kuniyoshi
The Last Stand of the Kusunoki Clan at Shijo Nawate
JP-209672
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
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
Minamoto no Yoriie Watching Asahina Yoshihide Fighting Two Crocodiles at Kotsubo in Kamakura
JPR5045
Toyokuni III
Fireworks over Ryogoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital: Illustration of the Prosperity of the River Opening
JPR-209061
Kuniyoshi
Comical Panoramic View of Yoritomo’s Hunting Party under Mt. Fuji
JPR-209039
Kuniyoshi
Account of the Loyal Retainers: The Long-awaited Raid
JP-208870
Kuniyoshi
Loyal Retainers, Their Task Accomplished, Retire to Takanawa
JPR-109792
Hirokage
The Great Battle of the Vegetables and the Fish
JPR-209063