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Edo Period

1820s Japanese Woodblock Prints

466 prints from the 1820s in our collection, created during the Edo Period (16031868). 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 1820s

Prints (466)

(Transmitted from the Gods) Ippitsu Picture Book ((Denshin kaishu) Ippitsu gafu) by Katsushika Taito II

(Transmitted from the Gods) Ippitsu Picture Book ((Denshin kaishu) Ippitsu gafu)

1823

Print

A Court Lady as Daikoku, from the series "Seven Women as the Gods of Good Fortune for the Hanagasa Poetry Club (Hanagasaren shichifukujin)" by Katsukawa Shuntei

A Court Lady as Daikoku, from the series "Seven Women as the Gods of Good Fortune for the Hanagasa Poetry Club (Hanagasaren shichifukujin)"

c. 1820

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

A Ferryboat Crossing the Sumida River by Keisai Eisen

A Ferryboat Crossing the Sumida River

c. 1820s

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

A Keg of Sake and a Basket of Oranges by Katsushika Hokusai

A Keg of Sake and a Basket of Oranges

1820

Color woodblock print; surimono

A Lady Visiting a Shrine Followed by a Boy with Kite by Totoya Hokkei

A Lady Visiting a Shrine Followed by a Boy with Kite

early 19th century (possibly 1822 or 1834)

Color woodblock print; surimono

A Man Shooting with a Blowpipe, illustration for the Conch Shell (Horagai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)" by Katsushika Hokusai

A Man Shooting with a Blowpipe, illustration for the Conch Shell (Horagai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)"

1821

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

A Mild Breeze on a Fine Day (Gaifu kaisei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei) by Katsushika Hokusai

A Mild Breeze on a Fine Day (Gaifu kaisei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)

Woodblock print

A Modern Day "Clear Mirror" (Masukagami) 万寿嘉々見 by Keisai Eisen

A Modern Day "Clear Mirror" (Masukagami) 万寿嘉々見

1822

Set of three woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper

A Mountainous Landscape with a Stream by Totoya Hokkei

A Mountainous Landscape with a Stream

1827

Color woodblock print; chuban, surimono

A painting of Daoist immortal Huang Chuping (Jp: Ko Shohei) by Totoya Hokkei

A painting of Daoist immortal Huang Chuping (Jp: Ko Shohei)

1823

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

A Picture by Hishikawa Moronobu: Woman with a Set of Poem Cards by Hishikawa Moronobu

A Picture by Hishikawa Moronobu: Woman with a Set of Poem Cards

mid 1820s

color woodblock print (surimono) with gold, silver, and embossing

A Poet and Mount Fuji
From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3 by Yashima Gakutei

A Poet and Mount Fuji From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3

ca. 1820s

Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper

A Poet in the New Year by Yashima Gakutei

A Poet in the New Year

late 1820s

Color woodblock print; surimono

A Poet Looking out of his Lakeside Hut by Keisai Eisen

A Poet Looking out of his Lakeside Hut

c. 1820s

Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; shikishiban, surimono

A View of the Great Bridge at Senju in Musashi Province by Katsushika Hokuju

A View of the Great Bridge at Senju in Musashi Province

c. 1820s

color woodblock print

A Woman as Ebisu, from the series "Seven Women as the Gods of Good Fortune for the Hanagasa Poetry Club (Hanagasaren shichifukujin)" by Katsukawa Shuntei

A Woman as Ebisu, from the series "Seven Women as the Gods of Good Fortune for the Hanagasa Poetry Club (Hanagasaren shichifukujin)"

c. 1820

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

A woman from Ohara leading an ox, from the series "Five Annual Festivals for the Katsushika Ciricle (Katsushika gosekku)" by Katsushika Taito II

A woman from Ohara leading an ox, from the series "Five Annual Festivals for the Katsushika Ciricle (Katsushika gosekku)"

1822

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Abe no Nakamaro, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poems by Katsushika Hokusai

Abe no Nakamaro, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poems

c. 1833

Color woodblock print; nagaban

Act 11, Part 1: The Approach to the Night Attack (Juichidanme ichi, yochi oshiyose), from the series "The Revenge of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Act 11, Part 1: The Approach to the Night Attack (Juichidanme ichi, yochi oshiyose), from the series "The Revenge of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

c. 1834/39

Color woodblock print; oban

Act Five (Godanme), from the series "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chushingura)" by Keisai Eisen

Act Five (Godanme), from the series "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chushingura)"

c. 1830/35

Color woodblock print; oban

Actor Arashi Kitsusaburō I as Chinzei Hachirō by Nansenrō Shibakuni

Actor Arashi Kitsusaburō I as Chinzei Hachirō

c. 1821

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Actor as Kimon no Kihei by Ryūsai Shigeharu

Actor as Kimon no Kihei

before 1826

Color woodblock print

Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII by Utagawa Kunisada

Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII

c. 1821

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Actor Ichikawa Danzō V as both Tsurifune no Sabu and Tamashima Isonojō by Nansenrō Shibakuni

Actor Ichikawa Danzō V as both Tsurifune no Sabu and Tamashima Isonojō

1824

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as both Yamauba and Kaidōmaru by Nansenrō Shibakuni

Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as both Yamauba and Kaidōmaru

c. 1823

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Kumagae Jirō  by Shunkōsai Hokushū

Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Kumagae Jirō

1825

Print

Actors Asao Kuzaemon as Aogaishi Rokurōdayū and Nakamura Matsue III as his daughter Kozue  by Shunkōsai Hokushū

Actors Asao Kuzaemon as Aogaishi Rokurōdayū and Nakamura Matsue III as his daughter Kozue

1821

Print

Actors Asao Utashiro as Tedai Shinbei, Ichikawa Ichizo II as Gokumon Shobei and Nakamura Utaemon III as Kurofune no Chuemon by Shunkōsai Hokushū

Actors Asao Utashiro as Tedai Shinbei, Ichikawa Ichizo II as Gokumon Shobei and Nakamura Utaemon III as Kurofune no Chuemon

Actors Nakamura Matsue III as the Daughter Hinadori and Nakamura Utaemon III as the Dowager Sadaka  by Shunkōsai Hokushū

Actors Nakamura Matsue III as the Daughter Hinadori and Nakamura Utaemon III as the Dowager Sadaka

1821

Print

Actors Sawamura Kunitarō II, Arashi Rikan II and Nakamura Matsue III by Gigadō Ashiyuki

Actors Sawamura Kunitarō II, Arashi Rikan II and Nakamura Matsue III

1829

Woodblock print on paper, in album; ōban format, nishiki-e

After Ike no Taiga's "Horse Market in a Mountain Village" by Watanabe Kazan

After Ike no Taiga's "Horse Market in a Mountain Village"

1820s

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Album of Prints by Kikugawa Eizan, Utagawa Kunisada, and Utagawa Kunimaru by Utagawa Kunimaru

Album of Prints by Kikugawa Eizan, Utagawa Kunisada, and Utagawa Kunimaru

19th century (1800–1868)

Album of 24 woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Album of Suikoden Portraits with Kyōka Poems (Kyōka suikoden gazōshū) 狂歌水滸伝画像集 by Totoya Hokkei

Album of Suikoden Portraits with Kyōka Poems (Kyōka suikoden gazōshū) 狂歌水滸伝画像集

1829

Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

Alone in the Cold Mountains by Rai San'yō

Alone in the Cold Mountains

early 19th century

Ink on mica paper

Ama no Uzume, No. 3 (Sono san) from the series "The Boulder Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)" by Totoya Hokkei

Ama no Uzume, No. 3 (Sono san) from the series "The Boulder Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)"

1820s

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaido (Kisoji no oku Amidagataki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaido (Kisoji no oku Amidagataki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"

About 1833

Color woodblock print; ōban

An Actor's Image in a Sake Cup by Utagawa Toyokuni II

An Actor's Image in a Sake Cup

ca. 1825

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

An Illustrated New Edition of the Water Margin (Shinpen Suikogaden) by Katsushika Hokusai

An Illustrated New Edition of the Water Margin (Shinpen Suikogaden)

1823/25

Ink on paper; woodblock-printed books

Ancient View of the Eight-planked Bridge in Mikawa Province (Mikawa no Yatsuhashi no kozu), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Ancient View of the Eight-planked Bridge in Mikawa Province (Mikawa no Yatsuhashi no kozu), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)"

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

Aoigaoka Falls in the Eastern Capital (Toto Aoigaoka no taki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Aoigaoka Falls in the Eastern Capital (Toto Aoigaoka no taki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"

About 1833

Color woodblock print; ōban

Arashi Kitsusaburō II shuttlecock portraits by Utagawa Yoshikuni

Arashi Kitsusaburō II shuttlecock portraits

1824

Woodblock print on paper

Arashi Rikan II as Kizu Kansuke by Gigadō Ashiyuki

Arashi Rikan II as Kizu Kansuke

1829

color woodblock print

Autumn Moon of the Jewel River, View of Fishermen Catching Sweetfish (Tamagawa shugetsu, Tamagawa ayukumi no zu), from the series "Eight VIews of Famous Places (Meisho hakkei)" by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Autumn Moon of the Jewel River, View of Fishermen Catching Sweetfish (Tamagawa shugetsu, Tamagawa ayukumi no zu), from the series "Eight VIews of Famous Places (Meisho hakkei)"

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

Autumn Poem in Cursive Script by Rai San'yō

Autumn Poem in Cursive Script

early 19th century

Hanging scroll, ink on paper

Autumn Streams by Rai San'yō

Autumn Streams

early 19th century

Ink on mica paper

Autumnal Sky at Choko (Choko shusei), from the series "Eight Views of the Ryukyu Islands (Ryukyu hakkei)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Autumnal Sky at Choko (Choko shusei), from the series "Eight Views of the Ryukyu Islands (Ryukyu hakkei)"

c. 1832

Color woodblock print; oban

Bai Juyi (Japanese: Hakurakuten), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Bai Juyi (Japanese: Hakurakuten), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; vertical nagaban

Bai Sheng (Hakujisso Hakusho), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Bai Sheng (Hakujisso Hakusho), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)"

c. 1827/30

Color woodblock print; oban

Bamboo and rising sun by Utagawa Kunimaru

Bamboo and rising sun

1829

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Bamboo Grove at Kume Village (Kumemura no chikuri), from the series “Eight Views of Ryukyu Islands (Ryukyu hakkei)” by Katsushika Hokusai

Bamboo Grove at Kume Village (Kumemura no chikuri), from the series “Eight Views of Ryukyu Islands (Ryukyu hakkei)”

c. 1832

Color woodblock print; oban

Bat Flying Over the Moon by Kameda Bōsai

Bat Flying Over the Moon

ca. 1824

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Beauty representing autumn, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons by Utagawa Kuniyasu

Beauty representing autumn, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons

c. 1818/30

Color woodblock print; oban

Beauty representing spring, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons by Utagawa Kuniyasu

Beauty representing spring, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons

c. 1818/30

Color woodblock print; oban

Beneath Mannen Bridge in Fukagawa (Fukagawa Mannenbashi shita) from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Beneath Mannen Bridge in Fukagawa (Fukagawa Mannenbashi shita) from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Beneath Mannen Bridge in Fukagawa (Fukagawa Mannenbashi shita) from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Beneath Mannen Bridge in Fukagawa (Fukagawa Mannenbashi shita) from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

c. 1830/33

Color woodblock print; oban

Benzaiten with monkey and rat by Totoya Hokkei

Benzaiten with monkey and rat

1828

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Boar (I) by Yashima Gakutei

Boar (I)

ca. 1826

Print

Bookcase with Writing Utensils, Books, and Potted Adonis by Yashima Gakutei

Bookcase with Writing Utensils, Books, and Potted Adonis

c. 1820s/30s

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Bottle with a goldfish design by Totoya Hokkei

Bottle with a goldfish design

c. late 1820s

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Brewing Tea in the Shade of Trees by Aoki Mokubei

Brewing Tea in the Shade of Trees

1820s

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

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Frequently Asked Questions

Hanga catalogues 466 Japanese woodblock prints created during the 1820s (Edo Period, 1603–1868).

The 1820s fall within the Edo Period (江戸時代), which ran from 1603 to 1868.

Katsushika Hokusai, Totoya Hokkei, and Yashima Gakutei are among the artists with the most 1820s prints in our collection.

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