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
Higuchi Jiro (Kanemitsu) Fighting a Giant Monkey
JP-211112
Hiroshige
Act XI, Scene III: The Capture of Moronao
JPR-211289
Kuniyoshi
Nakayama Yaichiro, Marino Yashiro, Mekake Kikuno, Iwata Senjuro and Kamata Matahachi
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Yoshitora
COMPLETE SERIES: The Story of the Faithful Samurai in The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers
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Kuniyoshi
Seba: Musashibo Benkei and Tosabo Shoshun
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Kuniyoshi
Abe no Yasuchika Exorcizing the Fox-woman Tamamo no Mae
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Kuniyoshi
Sanada Yoichi Yoshitada and Matano Goro Kagehisa
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Eisen
Pictures of Valiant Warriors (Buyu sakigake zue), Volume 2
JPR-211118
Kuniyoshi
Poet Fujiwara no Okikaze: Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu on Pine Tree
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Kuniyoshi
The Ghost of Nitta Yoshioki on a White Horse Attacking His Murderer Takezawa
JPR-211072
Toyokuni III
Kabuki Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Samezaya Shiroza
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Kunisada
Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Unno Kotaro Yukiuji Disguised as Yamagatsu Buo
JPR-210526
Kunisada
Kabuki Actor Bando Mitsugoro III as Washi no Osaburo Disguised as Yamagatsu Kumao
JPR-210523