1900s Japanese Woodblock Prints
277 prints from the 1900s 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 1900s
Prints (277)

A Cock Crows (Tōten kō)
東天紅
1909
Woodblock print (kuchi-e); ink and color on paper

A Grudge Against Each Other
1904
Woodblock print

A Monarch of Japan
1901
Color woodcut on ivory Japanese paper

A Righteous War to Chastise the Russians: The Destroyer Force's Night Attack (Chō Ro gisen, kichiku tai yashū)
懲露義戦 鬼畜隊夜襲
1904
Color woodblock print triptych

A Snowy Day
1901
Color woodcut on paper

A Spray from Waterfall
瀧しぶき
1905
Color woodblock print (kuchi-e frontispiece for Bungei Kurabu)

A Summer Shower
1909
Color woodcut on paper

A Torpedo Hitting a Russian Warship
February 1904
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

An Old Miner
老坑夫
1906
Oil on canvas

Aomomiji (Blue Maple Leaves)
青紅葉
1901
Color woodblock print on paper

Aoyagi (Green Willow)
1908
Color woodcut

Ashi ni shigi (Snipe bird in reeds)
1900-1920
Color woodcut

Autumn at Lake Hibara
檜原湖の秋
1907
Watercolour on paper

Autumn Clouds
秋の雲
1904
Watercolour on paper

Autumn Grasses
1900
Woodblock print, or color woodcut, on Japan paper

Autumn Shower
1904
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Autumn Shower, Illustration from Bungei Kurabu (Literary Club)
1904
Frontispiece; woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Autumn Showers (Shigure), frontispiece illustration from the literary magazine Bungei kurabu 10, no. 13
1904
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Bamboo and Squirrels
竹に栗鼠図
late 19th–early 20th century
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Banks of the Tama River
多摩川畔
1907
Watercolour on paper

Battle of Tsushima (Russo-Japanese War: Naval Battle in the Sea of Japan)
日露役 日本海海戦
1905 (Meiji 38)
Oil on canvas (mural)

Beauty and Autumn Garden
1904
Woodblock print

Beauty and the Thunder God
美人と雷神
1904
Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper

Beauty Gazing at the Beach (frontispiece)
c. 1900-1910
Color woodblock print; kuchi-e frontispiece

Beauty Sketching in a Field
1903
Woodblock print

Belated
1901
Color woodcut on cream wove paper

Belief of the Universe (Uchū no shinkyō), variant I
宇宙の信仰
c. 1900-1910
Color woodblock print

Belief of the Universe (Uchū no shinkyō), variant II
宇宙の信仰
c. 1900-1910
Color woodblock print

Bertha Lum
1909
Woodblock print

Bird on a Maple Branch
楓に小鳥
before 1915
Ink and color on silk; hanging scroll

Black Bull
黒牛図
late 19th–early 20th century
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Bodhisattva Kenshu
賢首菩薩
1907
Hanging scroll; color on silk

Bridge in Grez-sur-Loing
1902
Oil on canvas

Butterflies
1908
Color woodcut on ivory Japanese paper
Cascading Blossoms (Hanagumori)
花ぐもり
1905
Woodblock print (kuchi-e); ink and color on paper

Cat and Plum Blossoms
梅に猫
c. 1906
Hanging scroll; color on silk

Celebrating Victory
1904
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Cherry Blossom Rain
1905
Color woodcut on paper

Cherry Snow
1906
Color etching on cream Japanese paper

Chigusa no Hana, Hatsukoe (The Warbler's First Call, from the series A Thousand Kinds of Flowers)
千種の花・初声
1901
Color woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Children and Carp Streamer
鯉のぼりと子供
c. 1906
Color woodblock print

Children Fishing
魚釣りをする子供
c. 1906
Color woodblock print

Children Playing in Summer
夏の子供遊び
c. 1906
Color woodblock print

Children with Lanterns
提灯を持つ子供
c. 1906
Color woodblock print

Coast
20th century
Color woodblock print

Colonel Kumamoto Masaji, Regimental Commander of the Imperial Guard Artillery
May 1904?
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Coloration of Lacquer Tree Leaves
櫨紅葉
1909
Color woodblock print

Cottages in Autumn
秋の家
c. 1900
Watercolor on paper

Courtiers' Carriages, from the series Worlds of Things (Momoyogusa)
百々世草 御所車
1909-10
Color woodblock print

Cranes (Tsuru zu)
鶴図
c. 1908
Six-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper

Dancing Fox
1900–1910s
Color woodblock print

Day Dreams
1901
Color woodcut on paper

December (surimono)
ca. 1900–1910
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Demon Intoning the Name of the Buddha
鬼の念仏図
Late 1800s–early 1900s
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Doll Festival
1904
Woodblock print

Dozing in Tearing
1906
Woodblock print

Eagle on Rock by Waves
怒涛巖上鷲図
late 19th–early 20th century
Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
Early Spring at a Southern Lake
1906
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk

Entrance to the Harbor of Port Arthur, Picture of the Hard Struggle of the Battleship Hatsuse
March 1904
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Evening
1907
Color woodcut
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Frequently Asked Questions
Hanga catalogues 277 Japanese woodblock prints created during the 1900s (Meiji Era, 1868–1912).
The 1900s fall within the Meiji Era (明治時代), which ran from 1868 to 1912.
Helen Hyde, Bertha Lum, and Takashima Hokkai are among the artists with the most 1900s prints in our collection.
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