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Woodblock Prints

Traditional Mokuhanga

c. 1600–present

Meiji/Taishō Prints

c. 1868–1926

Sōsaku-hanga

c. 1905–1980

Shin-hanga

c. 1915–1960

Contemporary Mokuhanga

c. 1970–present

Experimental Print

c. 1980–present

Ukiyo-e

Tōkaidō

Prints depicting the Tōkaidō — the Edo-period highway connecting Edo (Tokyo) with the imperial capital Kyoto, with its 53 post stations.

Edo & Tokyo

Prints depicting the city of Edo (the shogunal capital, renamed Tokyo in 1868) — its famous places, daily life, and landmarks across the Edo period and into the modern era.

Mount Fuji

Views of Japan's iconic sacred mountain, Mount Fuji (富士山). From Hokusai's Thirty-six Views to Hasui's modern interpretations, Fuji has been the single most depicted subject in Japanese printmaking history.

Eight Views of Ōmi

Prints depicting the classical 'Eight Views of Ōmi' (Ōmi hakkei) — the eight famous scenic spots around Lake Biwa codified in poetic tradition since the Muromachi period.

Famous Places (Meisho-e)

Prints in the meisho-e ('famous places pictures') tradition — the classical Japanese practice of depicting renowned scenic, historical, or cultural sites organized as visual itineraries.

Yoshiwara

Prints depicting Edo's licensed pleasure quarter, Yoshiwara — the famous district whose courtesans, teahouses, and rituals were a central subject of ukiyo-e from its earliest decades.

Suikoden (Water Margin)

Prints depicting heroes from the Chinese novel Shuihu Zhuan (Suikoden / Water Margin) — a major source for Kuniyoshi's career-defining warrior prints and the long tradition of Japanese musha-e it inspired.

Heroes & Warriors

Prints depicting historical, legendary, and literary heroes — musha-e and warrior portrait series including Suikoden bandits, Genpei War samurai, Yoshitoshi's famous generals and brilliant heroes, and Kuniyoshi's hero cycles.

Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji

Katsushika Hokusai · 1830–1832

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige · 1856–1858

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige · 1833–1834

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi · 1885–1892

Souvenirs of Travel, First Series

Kawase Hasui · 1919–1920

Twenty Views of Tokyo

Kawase Hasui · 1925–1930

One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Suikoden

Utagawa Kuniyoshi · 1827–1830

Creative Prints: Collection of Portraits of Actors

Natori Shunsen · 1925–1929