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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White-cheeked Bunting, Wisteria Bean, and Wild Carnation (No. 6)
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Sugakudo
Curly-feathered Chickens and Wild Strawberries (No. 11)
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Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
Genji on a Cherry Blossom-viewing Excursion
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Hokusai
Fuji with Seven Bridges in One View (Shichikyo ichiran no Fuji)
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Hiroshige
Hoki Province, Ono, Distant View of Mount Daisen
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Kunisada
Sumo Wrestlers Koshigahama and Akitsukaze
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Kuniyoshi
Higuchi Jiro (Kanemitsu) Fighting a Giant Monkey
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Hiroshige
Shinano Province, The Moon Reflected in the Sarashina Paddy-fields, Mount Kyodai
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Hiroshige
Act XI, Scene III: The Capture of Moronao
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