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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Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
Genji on a Cherry Blossom-viewing Excursion
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Kuniyoshi
Nakayama Yaichiro, Marino Yashiro, Mekake Kikuno, Iwata Senjuro and Kamata Matahachi
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Hokusai
Panoramic Views of Both Banks of the Sumida River at a Glance
JP-211121
Hiroshige
Musashi Province, Sumida River, Snowy Morning
JP-209865
Hokusai
Old View of the Boat-bridge at Sano in Kozuke Province
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Sadahide
Events in Oedo Held Throughout the Year: First Sale on the Second Day of the New Year in Nihonbashi
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Hiroshige
Tsushima Province, A Fine Evening on the Coast
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Kuniyoshi
Actor Onoe Kikugoro III Reclining in a Boat on the Sumida River
JPR-209991
Hiroshige
Sakanoshita: Distant View of Fudesute Mountain
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Toyokuni III
Flowers and Birds: Genji and His Companions Sharing a Boat
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Hiroshige
No. 30, Hamamatsu: The Scenic Place of the Murmuring Pines
JPR-210933
Hiroshige
No. 19, Ejiri: Tago Bay and Miho no Matsubara
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