1610s Japanese Woodblock Prints

12 prints from the 1610s in our collection, created during the Edo Period (1603–1868). The Edo period saw the rise of ukiyo-e, the iconic woodblock print tradition depicting the floating world of pleasure districts, kabuki actors, beautiful women, and landscapes. Under the Tokugawa shogunate's peaceful rule, a thriving urban culture in Edo (modern Tokyo) fueled demand for affordable printed art.

Top Artists of the 1610s

Utagawa Toyokuni I(4)Hishikawa Moronobu(3)Nishikawa Sukenobu(1)Kikukawa Eizan(1)Katsushika Hokuju(1)Chōkōsai Eishō(1)Iwasa Matabei(1)

Prints (12)

Actors by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Actors

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

An Actor Beside Water by Utagawa Toyokuni I

An Actor Beside Water

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Coastal Landscape by Iwasa Matabei

Coastal Landscape

1573-1615

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Cooling Off at Ryogoku in Edo by Kikukawa Eizan

Cooling Off at Ryogoku in Edo

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Courtesan and Her Maid by Chōkōsai Eishō

Courtesan and Her Maid

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Courtesan Playing Shamisen by Katsushika Hokuju

Courtesan Playing Shamisen

Edo period (1615-1868)

Color woodblock print; surimono

Cranes by Hishikawa Moronobu

Cranes

Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper

Nakamura Nakazo II as Matsuo-maru by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Nakamura Nakazo II as Matsuo-maru

1796

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Onoe Matsusuke as the Ghost of the Murdered Wife Oiwa, in "A Tale of Horror from the Yotsuya Station on the Tokaido Road" by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Onoe Matsusuke as the Ghost of the Murdered Wife Oiwa, in "A Tale of Horror from the Yotsuya Station on the Tokaido Road"

1812

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Street Scene in the Yoshiwara by Hishikawa Moronobu

Street Scene in the Yoshiwara

Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper

Two Girls Under Plum Tree by Nishikawa Sukenobu

Two Girls Under Plum Tree

Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper

Yamato shinoe zukushi by Hishikawa Moronobu

Yamato shinoe zukushi

1686

Woodblock printed book

Nearby Decades

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Frequently Asked Questions

Hanga catalogues 12 Japanese woodblock prints created during the 1610s (Edo Period, 1603–1868).

The 1610s fall within the Edo Period (江戸時代), which ran from 1603 to 1868.

Utagawa Toyokuni I, Hishikawa Moronobu, and Nishikawa Sukenobu are among the artists with the most 1610s prints in our collection.

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