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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Hiroshige
Madai (Red Seabream) and Sansho (Japanese Pepper Leaves)
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Kunisada
Courtesan Ainare of Kadoebiya with Kamuro Kanomo and Konomo
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Hokusai
Fuji with Ascending Dragon (Toryu no Fuji)
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Kuniyoshi
Incomparable Hidari Jingoro (Master Sculptor)
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Kyosai
Flower on a Withered Tree, Strolling Like a Dog on the River
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Kyosai
Oxen Prefer the Company of Oxen, Botange Shohaku, The Lovers of the Tanabata Festival, Sugawara Michizane and Kodomaru
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Kyosai
Hateful Things Are Feared by the World, A Crow Imitating a Cormorant
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Eisen
Sakanoshita: The Courtesan Katsuragi from the House of Sanomatsu
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Toyokuni III
Fireworks over Ryogoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital: Illustration of the Prosperity of the River Opening
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Toyokuni III
Plum Garden at Omurai: The Seven Plants of Autumn
JPR-209058
Toyokuni III
Flowers and Birds: Genji and His Companions
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Kuniyoshi
Comical Panoramic View of Yoritomo’s Hunting Party under Mt. Fuji
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Hirokage
The Great Battle of the Vegetables and the Fish
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