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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Artist

  • Eisen
  • Eizan
  • Hidematsu
  • Hirokage
  • Hiroshige
  • Hokusai
  • Kunisada
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Shunsen
  • Toyokuni III
  • Yoshikata
  • Yoshikazu
  • Yoshitora

Series

  • Snow, Moon and Flowers (Hiroshige)
  • Three Views of Japan

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Calligraphy
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Comic
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Genji
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Insects
  • Landscapes
  • Legends & History
  • Moon & Night
  • Music & Dance
  • Nature
  • Pastimes
  • Poets & Scholars
  • Portraits
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Sumo
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter
  • Yokohama-e & Nagasaki-e

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Extra Small (ie. Koban)
  • Small (ie. Chuban)
  • Medium (ie. Oban)
  • Large (ie. Triptych)

81 Products

Beauty in Cloud-motif Obi

Shunsen

Beauty in Cloud-motif Obi

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Lifelike Dolls in the Inner Temple at Asakusa

Kuniyoshi

Lifelike Dolls in the Inner Temple at Asakusa

JP-210245

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Beauty in Carp Kimono

Yoshitora

Beauty in Carp Kimono

JPR-210093

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Night View of Eight Scenic Places in Kanazawa, Musashi Province

Hiroshige

Night View of Eight Scenic Places in Kanazawa, Musashi Province

JP-210163

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Beauty in Bat-pattern Kimono

Eisen

Beauty in Bat-pattern Kimono

JPR-210110

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Beauty with a Fan and Cricket Cage

Kuniyoshi

Beauty with a Fan and Cricket Cage

JPR-210107

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Scene from the Kabuki Play Ichinotani Mushae no Iezuto

Kuniyoshi

Scene from the Kabuki Play Ichinotani Mushae no Iezuto

JPR-210061

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The Battle at the Eastern Temple, Rokuhara

Kuniyoshi

The Battle at the Eastern Temple, Rokuhara

JPR-209044

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The Last Stand of the Kusunoki Clan at Shijo Nawate

Kuniyoshi

The Last Stand of the Kusunoki Clan at Shijo Nawate

JP-209672

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Raiko Severing the Head of the Shutendoji at Mt. Oe

Kuniyoshi

Raiko Severing the Head of the Shutendoji at Mt. Oe

JPR-209045

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View of Whirlpools at Awa

Hiroshige

View of Whirlpools at Awa

JP-208068

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Eight Views of Omi

Hiroshige

Eight Views of Omi

JP-200066

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Kabuki Actors Ichimura Takematsu III as Senzai (R), Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Sanbaso (C), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Egami no Fukusuke (L)

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

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Doji Yoshiharu Overthrowing a Giant Boar

Kuniyoshi

Doji Yoshiharu Overthrowing a Giant Boar

JP-209001

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Minamoto no Yoriie Watching Asahina Yoshihide Fighting Two Crocodiles at Kotsubo in Kamakura

Kuniyoshi

Minamoto no Yoriie Watching Asahina Yoshihide Fighting Two Crocodiles at Kotsubo in Kamakura

JPR5045

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Flower Viewing at Kinkaku-ji

Toyokuni III

Flower Viewing at Kinkaku-ji

JPR-209057

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Flowers and Birds: Genji and His Companions

Toyokuni III

Flowers and Birds: Genji and His Companions

JPR-209056

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Account of the Loyal Retainers: The Long-awaited Raid

Kuniyoshi

Account of the Loyal Retainers: The Long-awaited Raid

JP-208870

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Loyal Retainers, Their Task Accomplished, Retire to Takanawa

Kuniyoshi

Loyal Retainers, Their Task Accomplished, Retire to Takanawa

JPR-109792

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The Great Battle of the Vegetables and the Fish

Hirokage

The Great Battle of the Vegetables and the Fish

JPR-209063

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Beauty in Pink

Eizan

Beauty in Pink

JPR-209160

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Beautiful Woman Holding an Oil Lamp Wick

Eizan

Beautiful Woman Holding an Oil Lamp Wick

JPR-208606

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Beauty in a Carp Kimono

Kunisada

Beauty in a Carp Kimono

JP-83611

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Beauty Reading a Letter

Kuniyoshi

Beauty Reading a Letter

JP-209369

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