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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Hiroshige
Hoki Province, Ono, Distant View of Mount Daisen
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Hiroshige
Shinano Province, The Moon Reflected in the Sarashina Paddy-fields, Mount Kyodai
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Hiroshige
Sanuki Province, Distant View of Mount Zozu
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Hiroshige
Musashi Province, Sumida River, Snowy Morning
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Hiroshige
Tsushima Province, A Fine Evening on the Coast
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Hiroshige
Shimotsuke Province, Mount Nikko, Urami Waterfall
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Hiroshige
Tajima Province, Iwai Valley, Kannon Cave
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Hiroshige
Wakasa Province, A Fishing Boat Catching Flatfish in a Net
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Hiroshige
Echizen Province, Tsuruga, Kehi Pine Grove
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Hiroshige
Mutsu Province, View of Matsushima, Sight Map from Mount Tomi
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Hiroshige
Sagami Province, Enoshima, The Entrance to the Caves
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