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
Panoramic Views of Both Banks of the Sumida River at a Glance
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Hiroshige
Buzen Province, The Passage Under the Rakan Monastery
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Hiroshige
Aki Province, Itsukushima, Depiction of a Festival
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Hiroshige
Bizen Province, Tanokuchi Coast, Yugasan Torii
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Hiroshige
Izumo Province, Taisha, Depiction of Hotohoto
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Hiroshige
Year-end Market at Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa
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Kuniyoshi
In 1153 at Konoe's Palace the Skilled Archer Yorimasa Shooting the Nue
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Kuniyoshi
General Tamura and the Demon of Suzuka Mountain in Tsuchiyama
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Kyosai
A Day Late for the Festival: No Curse from the God You Don't Touch
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Hokusai
Fuji in the Distance from Shimotsuke Province
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Hokusai
Drum Bridge at Kameido Tenjin Shrine
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Fudo Myoo with Seitaka and Kongara
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