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
Sumo Wrestlers Koshigahama and Akitsukaze
JPR-211273
Hokusai
Fifth Month: A Comparison Between Courtesans
JP-208836
Kuniyoshi
Sekigahara: Hanaregoma Chokichi and Nuregami Chogoro
JPR-210685
Kuniyoshi
Nihonbashi: Ashikaga Yorikane, Narukami Katsunosuke, and Ukiyo Tohei
JPR-210702
Kuniyoshi
Sumo Wrestlers Shiranui Dakuemon (center left), Tsurugizan Taniemon (center right), with Referee Shikimori Inosuke (left) and Judge Retired Wrestler Miyagino (right)
JP-104226
Hokusai
Fourth Month: The Fishmonger and His Lover
JP-208837
Tamikuni
Arashi Kitsuzaburo as Sumo Wrestler Horikoma Chokichi
JP5032
Kunisada
Sumo Wrestlers Iwatoyama (Mt. Iwato) and Hiodoshi (Crimson Threat)
JPR-106528
Hokusai
Kinoe no Komatsu (Pining for Love) (3 Volume Set)
JP-209195
Hokusai
Twelfth Month: House Cleaning in Preparation for New Year's Eve
JP-208835