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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Artist

  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hokusai
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Toyokuni III

Series

  • 100 Famous Views of Edo
  • 100 Views of Mt. Fuji
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Upright
  • 60 Odd Provinces of Japan
  • 68 Views of the Various Provinces
  • Edo Meisho
  • Famous Views of 60-Odd Provinces
  • The 53 Stations by Two Brushes
  • Toto Meisho

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Calligraphy
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Comic
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Genji
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Insects
  • Landscapes
  • Legends & History
  • Manga & Bookplates
  • Moon & Night
  • Mt. Fuji
  • Music & Dance
  • Nature
  • Pastimes
  • Poets & Scholars
  • Portraits
  • Rain
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Shunga
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Sumo
  • Surimono
  • Tattoo
  • Tokaido
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter
  • Yokohama-e & Nagasaki-e

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Small (ie. Chuban)
  • Medium (ie. Oban)
  • Large (ie. Triptych)

38 Products

Drum Bridge and Sunset Hill at Meguro

Hiroshige

Drum Bridge and Sunset Hill at Meguro

JP-210842

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Higo Province: Gokanosho

Hiroshige

Higo Province: Gokanosho

JPR-209474

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Kozuke Province, Mt. Haruna Under Snow

Hiroshige

Kozuke Province, Mt. Haruna Under Snow

JP-209875

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Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge

Hiroshige

Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge

JPR-210442

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Kozuke Province, Mount Haruna Under Snow

Hiroshige

Kozuke Province, Mount Haruna Under Snow

JP-210013

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Higo Province, Gokanosho

Hiroshige

Higo Province, Gokanosho

JP-209913

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Suo Province, Iwakuni, Kintai Bridge

Hiroshige

Suo Province, Iwakuni, Kintai Bridge

JP-209900

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Yokkaichi

Hiroshige

Yokkaichi

JPR-210048

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Tenjin Shrine at Kameido

Hiroshige

Tenjin Shrine at Kameido

JP-208303

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Yatsuhashi: Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Teranishi Kanshin

Kuniyoshi

Yatsuhashi: Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Teranishi Kanshin

JP-208298

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Fuji under a Bridge

Hokusai

Fuji under a Bridge

JP-209263

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No. 5

Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

No. 5

JPR-209073

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Sugatami Bridge, Omokage Bridge, and the Gravel Pit at Takata

Hiroshige

Sugatami Bridge, Omokage Bridge, and the Gravel Pit at Takata

JPR-208944

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View in Front of Zojo-ji Temple, Shiba

Hiroshige

View in Front of Zojo-ji Temple, Shiba

JPR-208804

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Fish Market at Nihonbashi Bridge

Hiroshige

Fish Market at Nihonbashi Bridge

JP-108379

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Mt. Arashi, Yamashiro Province

Hiroshige II

Mt. Arashi, Yamashiro Province

JPR-208937

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Fujito Crossing, Bizen Province

Hiroshige II

Fujito Crossing, Bizen Province

JPR-208936

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Kanazawa, Musashi Province

Hiroshige II

Kanazawa, Musashi Province

JPR-208930

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Hirose, Izumo Province

Hiroshige II

Hirose, Izumo Province

JPR-208924

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Nabari, Iga Province

Hiroshige II

Nabari, Iga Province

JPR-208920

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Waka Bay, Kii Province

Hiroshige II

Waka Bay, Kii Province

JPR-208917

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Ochiai Bridge, Mino Province

Hiroshige II

Ochiai Bridge, Mino Province

JPR-208896

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Suma River, Higo Province

Hiroshige II

Suma River, Higo Province

JPR-208891

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Yanaze, Chikugo Province

Hiroshige II

Yanaze, Chikugo Province

JPR-208880

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