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
Kabuki Actor Bando Shuka I as Shiranui Daijin
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Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actors Seki Sanjuro III as Iyami Kincho, and Bando Hikosaburo V as Iyami Kingoro
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Kuniyoshi
Characters of The Tale of the Soga Brothers in the Guise of the Seven Lucky Gods
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Toyokuni III
Fujisuke, Faithful Servant of the Ishii House
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Kuniyoshi
Kabuki Actor Nakamura Shikan II as Shiratayu in Farewell Perfomance in the 9th Month of 1833
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Kunisada
Kabuki Actors Seki Sanjuro II as Takaichi Buemon, Bando Tamasaburo I as Takaichi Shonosuke
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Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actor Sawamura Tossho II as Hiranoya Kojiro
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Kunisada
Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kagekiyo
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Kuniyoshi
Kabuki Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Doguya Jinzo
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Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V as Banzuiin Chobei
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Toyokuni III
Poem by Kotaikogu no Tayu Shunzei: Akazawa Junai and Otonai
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