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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Toyokuni III
Amusements in the Garden with the Seven Flowers of Fall
JP-211354
Toyokuni III
Amusements in Mitsuji's Private Chambers
JP-211347
Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
Genji on a Cherry Blossom-viewing Excursion
JPR-210894
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
Toyokuni III
Beauties on the Bank of the Sumida River
JPR-210950
Kuniyoshi
Lifelike Dolls in the Inner Temple at Asakusa
JP-210245
Kunisada
Act IX from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer
JPR-210528
Hiroshige
Night View of Eight Scenic Places in Kanazawa, Musashi Province
JP-210163