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

  • Chikayoshi
  • Eisen
  • Eizan
  • Hidematsu
  • Hirokage
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hokusai
  • Kunichika
  • Kunihisa II
  • Kuninao
  • Kunisada
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kuniteru
  • Kuniyasu
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Sadahide
  • Shunsen
  • Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)
  • Toyokuni III
  • Yoshikata
  • Yoshikazu
  • Yoshitora
  • Yoshitsuna
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Series

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

Subject

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

Period

  • 1600 - 1800 (Early Edo)
  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)
  • 1868 - 1912 (Meiji)

Medium

  • Painting
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

214 Products

Beauty in Bat-pattern Kimono

Eisen

Beauty in Bat-pattern Kimono

JPR-210110

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Woman in Chidori Kimono

Kunisada

Woman in Chidori Kimono

JPR-210101

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Beauty with an Umbrella

Kuniyasu

Beauty with an Umbrella

JPR-210113

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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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Beauty with a Lantern

Toyokuni III

Beauty with a Lantern

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Beauty Reading a Letter under a Lantern

Eizan

Beauty Reading a Letter under a Lantern

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Beauty in the Snow

Shunsen

Beauty in the Snow

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Sumo Wrestlers Shiranui Dakuemon (center left), Tsurugizan Taniemon (center right), with Referee Shikimori Inosuke (left) and Judge Retired Wrestler Miyagino (right)

Kuniyoshi

Sumo Wrestlers Shiranui Dakuemon (center left), Tsurugizan Taniemon (center right), with Referee Shikimori Inosuke (left) and Judge Retired Wrestler Miyagino (right)

JP-104226

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Kabuki Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV (R), Bando Hikosaburo V (C), and Kawarasaki Gonjuro I (L) in the Play Arishi Sugata Yume ni Mizuumi

Kunichika

Kabuki Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV (R), Bando Hikosaburo V (C), and Kawarasaki Gonjuro I (L) in the Play Arishi Sugata Yume ni Mizuumi

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Kabuki Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Kusunoki Koma-hime (R) and Bando Hikosaburo V as Korokumaru (L) in the Play Shobu-dachi Tsui no Kyokaku

Kunichika

Kabuki Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Kusunoki Koma-hime (R) and Bando Hikosaburo V as Korokumaru (L) in the Play Shobu-dachi Tsui no Kyokaku

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Kabuki Actors Kawarasaki Gonjuro I, Sawamura Tanosuke III, and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII

Kunichika

Kabuki Actors Kawarasaki Gonjuro I, Sawamura Tanosuke III, and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII

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Actors Sawamura Tossho II as Mitsushima Samon, Otani Konohei as a Police Officer (Torite) (R), Nakamura Shikan IV as Jinriki Tamigoro, Nakamura Nakazo III as Kimyo-in (C), Otani Monza as a Bad Guy, and Otani Tomoemon V as Shirataki no Yokichi

Kunichika

Actors Sawamura Tossho II as Mitsushima Samon, Otani Konohei as a Police Officer (Torite) (R), Nakamura Shikan IV as Jinriki Tamigoro, Nakamura Nakazo III as Kimyo-in (C), Otani Monza as a Bad Guy, and Otani Tomoemon V as Shirataki no Yokichi

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Kabuki Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Tamaya Shinbei and Bando Mitsugoro VI as Mikuni Kojoro in the Play Tsuki no Demura Rokuya no Hitofushi

Kunichika

Kabuki Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Tamaya Shinbei and Bando Mitsugoro VI as Mikuni Kojoro in the Play Tsuki no Demura Rokuya no Hitofushi

JPR-209707

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Kabuki Actors Bando Hikosaburo V, Ichimura Kakitsu IV, and Kawarasaki Gonjuro I in the Play Yagura Daiko Oto mo Yoshiwara

Kunichika

Kabuki Actors Bando Hikosaburo V, Ichimura Kakitsu IV, and Kawarasaki Gonjuro I in the Play Yagura Daiko Oto mo Yoshiwara

JPR-209706

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Kabuki Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV, Sawamura Tanosuke III, and Seki Sanjuro III in the play Keisei Soga Kuruwa Kagami

Kunichika

Kabuki Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV, Sawamura Tanosuke III, and Seki Sanjuro III in the play Keisei Soga Kuruwa Kagami

JPR-209705

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Viewing Cherry Blossoms

Kunichika

Viewing Cherry Blossoms

JP110846

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Genji Figures with Flowers

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

Genji Figures with Flowers

JPR-210062

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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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Springtime Haze at the Edo Theater: Kabuki Actors Bando Hikosaburo (R) Nakamura Shikan (C), and Bando Mitsugoro (L)

Kunichika

Springtime Haze at the Edo Theater: Kabuki Actors Bando Hikosaburo (R) Nakamura Shikan (C), and Bando Mitsugoro (L)

JPR-209711

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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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Kabuki Actors Bando Mitsugoro VI as Gosuke's Wife (Nyobo) Odai, Ichimura Kakitsu IV as the Otokodate Nozarashi Gosuke, and Sawamura Tossho II in a Female Role

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

Kabuki Actors Bando Mitsugoro VI as Gosuke's Wife (Nyobo) Odai, Ichimura Kakitsu IV as the Otokodate Nozarashi Gosuke, and Sawamura Tossho II in a Female Role

JPR-209652

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View of Flowers on Sumida River Banks and Mukojima

Hiroshige

View of Flowers on Sumida River Banks and Mukojima

JP-209191

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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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