1830s Japanese Woodblock Prints

Umegae and Genta in the Bell of Hell Scene from Jо̄ruri Drama Hiragana Seisuiki, New Edition, Part I

ca.1830-35

Print

"Ei of the Nakamoriken Brothel, who was a favorite of Yamamura Goto, as Lady Huayang (Kayō Fujin Yamamura Goto gonomi Nakamoriken Ei)," from the series Costume Parade of the Shimanouchi District in Osaka (Naniwa Shimanouchi nerimono)

1836

Right sheet of a diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban

(Outing in the Autumn Filed)

c. 1830-1844

Woodblock print

(Transmitted from the Gods) Hokusai Sketches (Denshin kaishu Hokusai manga), vol. 2

circa 1834

Print

(Transmitted from the Gods) Hokusai Sketches (Denshin kaishu Hokusai manga), vol.12

1834

Print

A Bridge in a Snowy Landscape, from the series "A Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems for Recitation (Wakan roeishu)"

c. 1842/43

Color woodblock print; oban

A Cuckoo Against the Moon

c. 1843/46

Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e

A Golden Pheasant amid Snow-Covered Bamboo on a Steep Hillside

c. 1840

Color woodblock print; chuban

A Golden Pheasant Perched on a Steep Snowy Hillside amid Small Pine Saplings

c. 1833

Color woodblock print; otanzaku

A Lion Training a Cub

c. 1832/34

Color woodblock print; otanzaku

A Low Tide Pentaptych

c. 1830

Pentaptych of color woodblock prints

A Mandarin Duck on a Snowy Bank

1830s

Color woodblock print; ko-tanzaku

A Peasant Crossing a Bridge, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poems

late 1830s

Color woodblock print; nagaban

A Snowy Gorge on the Fuji River

c. 1842

Color woodblock print; vertical oban diptych

A View of Mount Fuji and Travellers by a Bridge

ca. 1835

color woodblock print

A Wild Duck Swimming by a Snow-covered Bank beneath Snow-laden Reeds

1830s

Color woodblock print; ōtanzaku

A woman from Ohara on horseback

1834

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Abalone Divers off the Coast of Ise, from an Untitled Landscape Series

early 1830s

color woodblock print

Act 1 (Daijo), from the series "The Revenge of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

c. 1834/39

Color woodblock print; oban

Act 11: The Night Attack (Juichidanme, youchi no zu), from the series "Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

c. 1831/32

Color woodblock print; oban

Actor Arashi Rikan as Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo

1833

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

Actor Arashi Rikan as Mashiba Hisayoshi

ca. 1830

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

Actor Arashi Rikan II as Ningyōya Kōemon

1832

Print

Actor Arashi Rikan III as Danshichi Kurobei

1832

Print

Actor Ichikawa Danzō as the Courtesan Akoya

1839

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

Actor in riding garb

1834

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Actor in riding garb

1834

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Actor Iwai Shijaku as Osuma no Kata

1832

Print

Actor Nakamura Matsue as Okaru

1831

Print

Actor Nakamura Tomijūrō as Komurasaki

1835

Print

Actor Nakamura Tomijūrō as Matsukaze

1839

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

Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Idaten Keibu

1832

Print

Actor Sawamura Tosshō I as Shida Hayato

1832

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

Actors

c. 1818-1844 (Edo period)

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

Actors Arashi Rikan as Yakko no Koman and Bandō Hikosaburō as Hanjimono Kihei

1834

Print

Actors Ichikawa Hakuen II as Sukeroku and Nakamura Utaemon III as a Vendor of White Sake

1830

Diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban

Actors Kataoka Ichizō I as Inukai Genpachi and Arashi Rikan II as Inuzaka Shino

1836

Print

Actors Nakamura Shikan as Fukuoka Mitsugi and Nakamura Kashichi as Courtesan Oshika

1835

Print

Actors Nakamura Utaemon as Kumagai Jirō Naozane and Arashi Rikan as the maiden Kohagi, actually Atsumori

1835

Print

Actors Onoe Kikugorō III as Yorimasa (R) and Iwai Kumesaburō II as the Nue Monster (L)

first half 1830s

Woodblock print (surimono), ink and color on paper

Akasaka, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)

c. 1837/42

Color woodblock print; chuban

Akasaka, Fujikawa, Okazaki, Chiryu, and Narumi, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Five Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki goshuku meisho)"

c. 1830/35

Color woodblock print; oban

Akushichibyōe Kagekiyo

悪七兵衛景清

1830

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

Album of 27 prints from the series "Pairings of Actors with the Fifty-three Stations (Mitate yakusha gojusan tsui no uchi)"

1839

Color woodblock-printed book

Album of Fifty-four Sketches

19th century

Album of fifty-four sketches; ink and color on paper

Amanohashidate, from the series "Famous Places of Japan (Honcho meisho)"

c. 1837/39

Color woodblock print; oban

An Actor of the Ichimura Line Sitting on a Shōgi (Wooden Bench) and Holding a Pipe

1836–1870

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

An Ancient Picture of the Boat Bridge at Sano in Kozuke Province from the series Curious Views of Famous Bridges in the Provinces

early 1830s

color woodblock print

Appearance of Mount Fuji in the 5th Year of Kōrei (Kōrei gonen Fujimine shutsugen): Detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 1

Edo period, 1834 (Tempō 5)

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

Arai, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)

c. 1837/42

Color woodblock print; chuban

Arai: View of Ferryboats (Arai, watashibune no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

Arashi Rikan II as Danshichi Kurōbei in "Mirror of Naniwa: The Summer Festival"

1832

color woodblock print

Arashi Rikan II as Inuzuka Shino Moritaka and Nakamura Utaemon III as Inukai Kenpachi Michinobu Battling (from the series The Eight Heroes of the Satomi Clan)

1834

Color woodblock print diptych

Arashi Rikan II as Miyamoto Musashi

1832

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); vertical ōban

Asakusa Imado, from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto Meisho)"

c. 1832/33

Color woodblock print; oban

At Sea off Kazusa (Kazusa no kairo)

ca. 1830-31

Print

Autumn Maples at Takinogawa River, from the album "The Eternal Waterfall (Tokiwa no taki)"

1833

Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from album

Autumn Moon at Ishiyama (Ishiyama shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei no uchi)"

c. 1834

Color woodblock print; oban

Autumn Moon at New Yoshiwara in Emonzaka (Shin Yoshiwara Emonzaka shugetsu), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

c. 1835/38

Color woodblock print; chu-tanzaku

Autumn Moon at Seto (Seto shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei)"

c. 1835/36

Color woodblock print; oban