1620s Japanese Woodblock Prints

5 prints from the 1620s 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 1620s

Iwasa Matabei(3)Hishikawa Moronobu(2)

Prints (5)

A sheet from a shunga album by Hishikawa Moronobu

A sheet from a shunga album

1680s

Woodblock print; sumizuri-e

Archbishop Henjō (Sōjō Henjō zu), from the Dōon Version of the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals by Iwasa Matabei

Archbishop Henjō (Sōjō Henjō zu), from the Dōon Version of the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals

僧正遍昭図

1620s-1630s

Hanging scroll: ink, color, gold and silver on paper

Leaf from a Book Entitled: Wakoku Hiaku-jo: One Hundred Japanese Women by Hishikawa Moronobu

Leaf from a Book Entitled: Wakoku Hiaku-jo: One Hundred Japanese Women

Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper

Samurai by Iwasa Matabei

Samurai

17th century

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

The Poetess Kotaigogu no Daibu by Iwasa Matabei

The Poetess Kotaigogu no Daibu

Edo period (1610-1898)

Hanging scroll; ink and colors on gold-flecked paper

Nearby Decades

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Frequently Asked Questions

Hanga catalogues 5 Japanese woodblock prints created during the 1620s (Edo Period, 1603–1868).

The 1620s fall within the Edo Period (江戸時代), which ran from 1603 to 1868.

Iwasa Matabei and Hishikawa Moronobu are among the artists with the most 1620s prints in our collection.

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