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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7500080

Artist

  • Hokusai
  • Kunisada
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Kyosai
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni III
  • Yoshitoshi

Series

  • 100 Ghost Stories
  • 100 Pictures by Kyosai
  • 100 Poems by 100 Poets (Kuniyoshi)
  • 100 Views of the Moon
  • 108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden
  • 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Kuniyoshi)
  • 69 Stations of the Kisokaido
  • Biographies of Modern Heroes
  • Biographies of the Loyal Retainers
  • Hokusai Manga

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)
  • 1868 - 1912 (Meiji)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Kuwana; Story of the Sailor Tokuzo

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Shoki Holding Oni

Kuniyoshi

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Spirit of the Cat Woman: Okabe

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Spirit of the Cat Woman: Okabe

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Minamoto no Tametomo Rescued by Tengu

Kuniyoshi

Minamoto no Tametomo Rescued by Tengu

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Tenjiku Tokubei

Kuniyoshi

Tenjiku Tokubei

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Last Stand of Kusunoki Clan at Shijo-Nawate

Kuniyoshi

Last Stand of Kusunoki Clan at Shijo-Nawate

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The Wrestler Konjin Chogoro Throwing a Green Demon

Yoshitoshi

The Wrestler Konjin Chogoro Throwing a Green Demon

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Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Asayama Tetsuzan (L), Ichikawa Kodanji VI as Ghost of Okiku (C) and Bando Shuka as Hatsushiba (R)

Kuniyoshi

Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Asayama Tetsuzan (L), Ichikawa Kodanji VI as Ghost of Okiku (C) and Bando Shuka as Hatsushiba (R)

JPR-85104

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Oiwake: Oiwa and Takuetsu

Kuniyoshi

Oiwake: Oiwa and Takuetsu

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Tanmei Jiro Gen Shogo (Ruan Xiaowu)

Kuniyoshi

Tanmei Jiro Gen Shogo (Ruan Xiaowu)

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Memorial Portrait of Sumo Wrestler Hidoshi Rikiya II (1799-1836) Defeating the King of Hell and Two Demons

Kunisada

Memorial Portrait of Sumo Wrestler Hidoshi Rikiya II (1799-1836) Defeating the King of Hell and Two Demons

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Ghosts of Oiwa and Kohei

Kuniyoshi

Ghosts of Oiwa and Kohei

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Kirishima Matsugoro

Yoshitoshi

Kirishima Matsugoro

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Lady Ishida no Tsubone

Toyokuni III

Lady Ishida no Tsubone

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Ichimura Uzaemon as Kiyotaki no Sashichi

Toyokuni III

Ichimura Uzaemon as Kiyotaki no Sashichi

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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Omezo as Watanabe no Tsuna and Onoe Matsusuke as the Spirit of Earth Spider

Toyokuni I

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Omezo as Watanabe no Tsuna and Onoe Matsusuke as the Spirit of Earth Spider

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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Otokodate Yami no Yoichiro

Toyokuni III

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Otokodate Yami no Yoichiro

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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Beisho as Otokodate Ude no Kisaburo

Toyokuni III

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Beisho as Otokodate Ude no Kisaburo

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Konkoryu Rishun (LI Jun)

Kuniyoshi

Konkoryu Rishun (LI Jun)

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Rori Hakucho Chojun (Zhang Shun)

Kuniyoshi

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Kusatsu:Dragon Lady and Tawara no Toto

Kuniyoshi

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Ama Recovering the Jewel from the Dragon Palace

Kuniyoshi

Ama Recovering the Jewel from the Dragon Palace

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Takiyasha and Skeleton Specter in the Ruined Palace at Soma

Kuniyoshi

Takiyasha and Skeleton Specter in the Ruined Palace at Soma

JPR-88238

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