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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Sugakudo
White-Headed Mannikin, Apricot, and Japanese Rush (No. 20)
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Sugakudo
Mountain Finch, Aconite, Cockscomb (No. 30)
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Sugakudo
Curly-feathered Chickens and Wild Strawberries (No. 11)
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Kunisada
Sumo Wrestlers Koshigahama and Akitsukaze
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Kuniyoshi
Sekigahara: Hanaregoma Chokichi and Nuregami Chogoro
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Kuniyoshi
Nihonbashi: Ashikaga Yorikane, Narukami Katsunosuke, and Ukiyo Tohei
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Hiroshige
Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge
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Kuniyoshi
Sumo Wrestlers Shiranui Dakuemon (center left), Tsurugizan Taniemon (center right), with Referee Shikimori Inosuke (left) and Judge Retired Wrestler Miyagino (right)
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Toyokuni I
Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Shikan
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Tamikuni
Arashi Kitsuzaburo as Sumo Wrestler Horikoma Chokichi
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Kunisada
Sumo Wrestlers Iwatoyama (Mt. Iwato) and Hiodoshi (Crimson Threat)
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