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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Kuniyoshi
Ota: Ryochiku the Quack Doctor and Amakawaya Gihei
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Eisen
Uncut sheet of "Tiger and Full Moon" and "Bird on Branch"
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Hiroshige
The Kinuta Jewel River in Settsu Province
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Kuniyoshi
Shi Qian, the Flea on the Drum (Kojoso Jisen)
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Hiroshige
Night View of Eight Scenic Places in Kanazawa, Musashi Province
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Hiroshige
Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge
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Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro I as Katanaya Hanshichi
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Hiroshige
Shinano Province, The Moon Reflected in the Sarashina Paddy-fields, Mount Kyodai
JP-210016
Hiroshige
Kaga Province, The Eight Wonders of Kanazawa, The Fishing Fires on Lake Renko
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Hiroshige
Aki Province, Itsukushima, Depiction of a Festival
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Hiroshige
Izumo Province, Taisha, Depiction of Hotohoto
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Toyokuni III
Tsuchinoe: Jiraiya and Arashi Yuminosuke
JPR-209728