1890s Japanese Woodblock Prints
542 prints from the 1890s in our collection, created during the Meiji Era (1868–1912). The Meiji era brought Japan's rapid modernization and opening to the West, profoundly disrupting traditional woodblock printing. As photography and lithography arrived, ukiyo-e declined commercially.
Top Artists of the 1890s
Prints (542)
<i>Bijin meisho awase</i> (Beauties at Famous Places)
1897
A Big Headache for Li Hongzhang
September 1894
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
A Bijin Imagining Shinobazu Pond — 美人不忍池を望む
1895
Woodblock print
A Collection of Flower and Bird Paintings (Keinen kachō gafu), vol.2 (Summer)
景年花鳥畫譜 夏之部
1891
Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper
A Collection of Flower and Bird Paintings (Keinen kachō gafu), vol.3 (Autumn)
景年花鳥畫譜 秋之部
1892
Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper
A Passing Shower — 村雨
1898
Woodblock print
A Puppet Made from a Bucket, A Lady of the Enpō Era (1673–1681), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections
1894
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
A Stroll
1897
Oil on canvas
A Summer Evening
1890
Woodblock Print
A Walker in Autumn
1898
Woodblock print
A Wandering Poet
1891
Woodblock Print
A Warm Day
暖き日
1897
Oil on canvas
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Fuwa Banzaemon in Fuwa, from the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki Jūhachi-ban)
歌舞伎十八番 不破
1896
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa in Shibaraku, from the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki Jūhachi-ban)
歌舞伎十八番 暫
1895
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Kazusa Akushichibyōe in Kagekiyo, from the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki Jūhachi-ban)
歌舞伎十八番 景清
1895
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Kumedera Danjō in Kenuki, from the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki Jūhachi-ban)
歌舞伎十八番 毛抜
1895
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Musashibō Benkei in Kanjinchō, from the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki Jūhachi-ban)
歌舞伎十八番 勧進帳
1896
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Sōma Masakado in Kamahige, from the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki Jūhachi-ban)
歌舞伎十八番 鎌髭
1895
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Suhama Sōzu in Jayanagi, from the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki Jūhachi-ban)
歌舞伎十八番 蛇柳
1896
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Adachi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print
Adachiga Hara, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print
Advancing across the Ansong River at the Battle of Asan
1894 (Meiji 27)
Woodblock print (nishiki-e) triptych; ink and colors on paper
After A Bath — 湯上がり
1898
Woodblock print
Aged Pines
Late 19th century
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on gold-leaf
Aisomegawa, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print
Akashi Gidayu
1890
Woodblock Print
Akogi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print
Album of 12 prints from the series Pictures of the Presentation of the Grand Potato
1890s
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Ama, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print
Aoi no Ue, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print
April — 其四 牡丹
1898
Woodblock print
Arashiyama, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print
Arigayoi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print
Arrival of the Emperor at Tokyo after the Victory
May 1895
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Arrival of the Emperor at Tokyo after the Victory (Russo-Japanese War)
May 1895
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Asahina (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print
Aso (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print
At Fenghuangcheng, Picture of Generals and Their Men Engaged in a Hard Struggle
November 1894
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
At the Equator
赤道直下にて
1898
Watercolour on paper
Atago Kuya, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print
Atsumori, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print
Attack at the Site of the Hundred-Foot Cliff
1895 (Meiji 28)
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Attack on Port Arthur in the Moonlight (Ryōjunkō gekka no kōgeki)
旅順港月下之攻撃
1894
Color woodblock print triptych
August — 其八 名月
1898
Woodblock print
Aunt over there — Muko no Obasan
1896
Woodblock print
Aya no Tsuzumi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print
Basho, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print
Battle at Jinzhoucheng on the Road to Port Arthur
1894 (Meiji 27)
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Battledore
1896
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Beauties of Kan'ei and Shōhō Era
April 1896
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Beautiful Woman
1892
Silk
Beauty and Cherry Blossom — Yusan-bune
1899
Woodblock print
Beauty from Anei Era
1896
N/A
Beauty Looking at the Moon on the Water (Beauties of the Day)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Benkei on the Boat (Funa Benkei)
1899
Bijin Applying Makeup (descriptive title)
1897
Woodblock print
Bijin in a boat with a Biwa
1897
Woodblock print
Bin Shiken (Min Ziqian)
1890
Woodblock Print
Bird on a Branch
Woodblock print
Birds and Reeds
Woodblock print
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Frequently Asked Questions
Hanga catalogues 542 Japanese woodblock prints created during the 1890s (Meiji Era, 1868–1912).
The 1890s fall within the Meiji Era (明治時代), which ran from 1868 to 1912.
Tsukioka Kōgyo, Kobayashi Kiyochika, and Miyagawa Shuntei are among the artists with the most 1890s prints in our collection.
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