1760s Japanese Woodblock Prints
604 prints from the 1760s 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 1760s
Prints (604)
'Lovers reading a letter'
ca. 1768
"Chi": Musashi Plain, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Ha": Guards at the "Love Passage," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"He": Mt. Fuji, Suruga Province, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Ho": Yatsuhashi Bridge in Mikawa Province, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"I": Coming of Age, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Ka": A Court Lady Thinks Disconsolately of Her Lover, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Ki," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Ko," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Ku," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Me," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Mu": Clapping the Hands to Effect a Curse, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Na": Nunobiki Waterfall, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Ne": Brine Carriers, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Ni": Akutagawa, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"No," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Nu": Crossing Tatsuta, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"O": Catalpa Bow, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Ra": Narihira Requests a Painting from a Former Lover, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Re": The Imperial Huntsman, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Ri": The Well Curb, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Ro": Seaweed, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Ru": Northern Province, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Shi," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"So": A Coquettish Woman, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Ta": Purification Ceremony to Remove the Pains of Love, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"To": Sumida River, Musashi and Shimosa Provinces, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Tsu": Narihira in the Snow at Ono, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"U": Narihira Presents a Chancellor with a Model of a Pheasant, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Wa": Young Grass, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
"Yo": A Man Meets a Former Lover, now Serving in a Provincial Household, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban
A Beauty Looking Down upon a Young Man Reading a Love Letter
ca. 1771
Woodblock print (pillar print); ink and color on paper
A Beginner's Pictorial Encyclopedia of Natural History (Ehon shaho bukuro)
絵本写宝袋
1761 (1794 second edition)
Three volumes of woodblock printed books (Japanese-style binding); ink on paper
A cat watching butterflies
ca. 1765-70
A Chinese Beauty Playing the Koto
1765-1770
A Courtesan and Attendant on a Moonlit Veranda
1765-1770
A Courtesan and Her Attendant at the Riverside Teahouse Iseya
c. 1768/69
Color woodblock print; chuban
A Courtesan and Her Attendant Using Mirrors to Identify a Mendicant Monk
c. 1772
Color woodblock print; chuban
A Fan Peddler Showing his Wares to a Young Woman
c. 1765-70
Color woodblock print; chuban
A Girl Dressing in Pink
1766
color woodblock print
A Girl with an Attendant
ca. 1770
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
A Group of Young Women Entering the Garden of a Horticulturist
n.d.
Color woodblock print; surimono
A Mother and her Children
c. 1768
Color woodblock print; chuban
A Pair of Boxes, a Letter Box, and Plum Blossoms
n.d.
Color woodblock print, surimono
A Parody of Hachi no ki
n.d.
Color woodblock prints; oban triptych
A Pilgrim Praying through the Night to the Buddha (kannenbutsu) is Startled by a Ghostly Head Lying on the Snow-Covered Ground
c. 1768
Color woodblock print; hosoban
A Spring Outing
c. 1768
Color woodblock print; chuban
A Windy Day
c. 1767/68
Color woodblock print; chuban
A Young Male Actor on Parade in Autumn Rain
c. 1765/70
Color woodblock print; chuban
A Young Woman in a Summer Shower
1765
Color woodblock print; chuban, surimono
A Young Woman Returning a Ball to a Young Man
c. 1767
Color woodblock print; chuban
Acrobats on a Ladder
18th-19th century
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Act I of the Drama "Sugawara"
1769–1825
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Actor Arashi Hinaji I Dancing in “The Maiden at Dojo Temple” (“Musume Dôjô-ji”)
About 1772
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Bandô Matatarô IV as Gempachibyôe in “Snowflakes: Plum Blossoms Kaomise” (“Mutsu no hana ume no kaomise”)
About 1769
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô IV as an Immortal Hermit in “Tenjiku Tokubei Turns the Helm toward Home” (“Tenjiku Tokubei kokyô no torikaji”)
About 1768
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô IV as Taira no Tomomori Disguised as Tokaiya Gimpei in “Yoshitsune’s Thousand Cherry Trees” (“Yoshitsune sembon-zakura”)
About 1767
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô V as the Buddhist Deity Fudô in “Rethatched Roof: The Moon Also Shines over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District” (“Fuke Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara”)
About 1771
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Ichikawa Danzô III as Narukami in “Bird of the Capital: Komachi of the East” (“Miyakodori azuma Komachi”)
About 1768
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Ichikawa Danzô III as Shôki the Demon-Queller in “Dandyish Design: Lightning Amid Clouds” (“Date moyô kumo ni imazuma”)
About 1768
Color woodblock print; hosoban
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Frequently Asked Questions
Hanga catalogues 604 Japanese woodblock prints created during the 1760s (Edo Period, 1603–1868).
The 1760s fall within the Edo Period (江戸時代), which ran from 1603 to 1868.
Suzuki Harunobu, Katsukawa Shunshō, and Isoda Koryūsai are among the artists with the most 1760s prints in our collection.
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