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
Comical Panoramic View of Yoritomo’s Hunting Party under Mt. Fuji
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Kuniyoshi
Monkey: Onzoshi Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune)
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Kunisada
Kuro Hankan Yoshitsune (Minamoto Yoshitsune)
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Kuniyoshi
Yoshitsune Recovering His Bow from the Sea at the Battle of Yashima
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Yoshikazu
Nitta Yoshisada's Battle at Kamakura in the Fifth Month of 1332
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Yoshitsuna
Empress Jingu Attacks the Three Korean Kingdoms
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Yoshitora
Sendaihagi: Nikki Danjo at Yamana-ke Mansion
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Kuniyoshi
Poem by Sangi Takamura: Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Ama (Female Diver)
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