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
Lifelike Dolls in the Inner Temple at Asakusa
JP-210245
Hiroshige
Night View of Eight Scenic Places in Kanazawa, Musashi Province
JP-210163
Kuniyoshi
Scene from the Kabuki Play Ichinotani Mushae no Iezuto
JPR-210061
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
Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actors Ichimura Takematsu III as Senzai (R), Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Sanbaso (C), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Egami no Fukusuke (L)
JPR-209710
Kuniyoshi
Minamoto no Yoriie Watching Asahina Yoshihide Fighting Two Crocodiles at Kotsubo in Kamakura
JPR5045
Toyokuni III
Flowers and Birds: Genji and His Companions
JPR-209056
Kuniyoshi
Account of the Loyal Retainers: The Long-awaited Raid
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Kuniyoshi
Loyal Retainers, Their Task Accomplished, Retire to Takanawa
JPR-109792
Hirokage
The Great Battle of the Vegetables and the Fish
JPR-209063