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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Uesugi Terutora Nyudo Kenshin and Takeda Harunobu Nyudo Shingen at Kawanakajima Battle
JPR-109836
Yoshitora
The Battle of Narumi in the Former Taiheiki of the K™hei Era
JPR-109834
Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actors Seki Sanjuro III as Odera Shobei (R), Ichikawa Kodanji IV (with tattoo arm) as Oniazami Seikichi (C), Iwai Kumezaburo III as Izayoi Osayo (L)
JPR-104030
Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actors Kawarazaki Gonjuro I as Matsubaya Bunzo, Onoe Kikugoro V as Matsubaya Matsuyama and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Yosobei's Son Yokichi, and an unidentified actor as a Police Officer
JPR-104024
Kuniyoshi
Miyamoto Musashi and the Whale Off the Coast of Hizen
JPR-87488
Kuniyoshi
Ama Recovering the Jewel from the Dragon Palace
JPR-85195
Kuniyoshi
Asahina Saburo Yoshihide Wrestling with Two Crocodile Sharks at Kotsubo Beach, Kamakura
JP-89474
Kuniyoshi
Takiyasha and Skeleton Specter in the Ruined Palace at Soma
JPR-88238
Kuniyoshi
Minamoto no Yorimitsu (Raiko) Attacking Shutendoji
JPR-85521
Hiroshige
Night View of Eight Scenic Places in Kanazawa
JP-110156