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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Eisen
Uncut sheet of "Tiger and Full Moon" and "Bird on Branch"
JPR-210171
Hiroshige
The Kinuta Jewel River in Settsu Province
JPR-210159
Kunisada
Kurou-kanja Iyonokami Minamoto no Yoshitsune
JPR-210003
Kunisada
Genji no Tsuna Finding Kintoki at Mount Ashigara
JPR-209992
Kuniyoshi
Shi Qian, the Flea on the Drum (Kojoso Jisen)
JPR-103996
Kuniyoshi
Li Kui, the Black Whirlwind, also Iron Ox (Kokusenpu Riki, Ichimei Ritetsugyu)
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Hiroshige
Night View of Eight Scenic Places in Kanazawa, Musashi Province
JP-210163
Hiroshige
Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge
JPR-210442
Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Shiranui Daijin
JP-209771