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
Shirasuka: Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugoro III as a Cat Monster (Nekozuka)
JPR-210806
Kuniyoshi
Abe no Yasuchika Exorcizing the Fox-woman Tamamo no Mae
JPR-211075
Kuniyoshi
The Ghost of Nitta Yoshioki on a White Horse Attacking His Murderer Takezawa
JPR-211072
Kuniyoshi
Tsumagome: Abe no Yasuna and Fox Kuzunoha
JPR-210676
Yoshitoshi
The Yugao Chapter from the Tale of Genji
JPR-209522
Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Spirit of the Cherry Tree : Poem by Fujiwara no Motozane
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Toyokuni III
Onoe Kikugoro III as the Ghost of Yasukata: Poem by Nakatsukasa
JP2763
Kuniyoshi
General Tamura and the Demon of Suzuka Mountain in Tsuchiyama
JP1-63332
Kuniyoshi
Yatsuhashi: Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Teranishi Kanshin
JP-208298
Toyokuni III
Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Endo Musha: Poem by Fujiwara no Nakafumi
JP5492