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
Fuji with Ascending Dragon (Toryu no Fuji)
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Toyokuni III
Dog: Princess Fuse and Kanamari Daisuke
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Kuniyoshi
Du Qian, the Sky Toucher (Mochakuten Tosen)
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Yoshiiku
Murota Kageyu-jikan Yoshitaka (Kuroda Yoshitaka)
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Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
Minamoto no Yorimitsu and Four Retainers Defeating Shutendoji
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Kuniyoshi
Incomparable Hidari Jingoro (Master Sculptor)
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Kyosai
The Husband's Beloved Red Hat, Shaking Like the Ghost of the Potato Jelly
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Kuniyoshi
Takiyasha and Skeleton Specter in the Ruined Palace at Soma
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Kyosai
Flower on a Withered Tree, Strolling Like a Dog on the River
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Kyosai
Even Pigeons Roost at Different Heights According to Seniority; Even Crows Show Filial Piety When the Young Feed Their Parents
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Kyosai
Flowers Sprouting from Dried Beans, Getting a Headache from Worrying about Your Neighbor's Digestion
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Kyosai
The Fruit of the Tree Is Known from Its Flowers, Fighting Like Dogs and Monkeys
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Kyosai
Hateful Things Are Feared by the World, A Crow Imitating a Cormorant
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Kyosai
A Day Late for the Festival: No Curse from the God You Don't Touch
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Kyosai
A Bell Hanging from a Lantern, Three People Together are as Wise as the Bodhisattva Monju
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