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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Hokusai
Fuji with Seven Bridges in One View (Shichikyo ichiran no Fuji)
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Hiroshige
Hoki Province, Ono, Distant View of Mount Daisen
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Hiroshige
Shinano Province, The Moon Reflected in the Sarashina Paddy-fields, Mount Kyodai
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Hiroshige
Clear Morning after Snow at Nihonbashi Bridge
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Hiroshige
Asakusa Ricefield and Torinomachi Festival
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Hiroshige
Sanuki Province, Distant View of Mount Zozu
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Hokusai
Panoramic Views of Both Banks of the Sumida River at a Glance
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Hiroshige II
Shoshoku Gatsu, Volume I (Pictures of Various Occupations)
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Hiroshige
Musashi Province, Sumida River, Snowy Morning
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Hokusai
Old View of the Boat-bridge at Sano in Kozuke Province
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