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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Kuniyoshi
The 47 Ronin Crossing Ryogoku Bridge After Accomplishing Their Revenge
JP-211744
Hiroshige
No. 19, Ejiri: Tago Bay and Miho no Matsubara
JPR-210932
Yoshitoshi
The Yugao Chapter from the Tale of Genji
JPR-209522
Toshikata
Getting Ready for the Tea Ceremony in the Preparation Room (Mizuya)
JPR-208714
Kuniyoshi
Kumagaya: Kojiro Naoie Armored and Mounted
JPR1-67384
