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

  • Kuniyoshi

Series

  • 100 Views of Mt. Fuji
  • 36 Views of Mt. Fuji (Hiroshige)
  • Biographies of the Loyal Retainers
  • Famous Views of 60-Odd Provinces

Subject

  • Calligraphy
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Legends & History
  • Portraits
  • Warriors & Samurai

Period

  • 1800 - 1868 (Edo)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Medium (ie. Oban)

3 Products

Kiura Okaemon Sadayuki

Kuniyoshi

Kiura Okaemon Sadayuki

JPR-208143

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Mase Magoshiro Masatatsu

Kuniyoshi

Mase Magoshiro Masatatsu

JPR-91407

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Kakogawa Honzo Yukikuni

Kuniyoshi

Kakogawa Honzo Yukikuni

JPR-91420

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