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1900s Japanese Woodblock Prints

277 prints from the 1900s in our collection, created during the Meiji Era (18681912). 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) by Takeuchi Keishu

A Cock Crows (Tōten kō)

東天紅

1909

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

A Grudge Against Each Other by Miyagawa Shuntei

A Grudge Against Each Other

1904

Woodblock print

A Monarch of Japan by Helen Hyde

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) by Shinohara Kiyooki

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 by Helen Hyde

A Snowy Day

1901

Color woodcut on paper

A Spray from Waterfall by Mishima Shōsō

A Spray from Waterfall

瀧しぶき

1905

Color woodblock print (kuchi-e frontispiece for Bungei Kurabu)

A Summer Shower by Helen Hyde

A Summer Shower

1909

Color woodcut on paper

A Torpedo Hitting a Russian Warship by Kobayashi Kiyochika

A Torpedo Hitting a Russian Warship

February 1904

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

An Old Miner by Aoyama Kumaji

An Old Miner

老坑夫

1906

Oil on canvas

Aomomiji (Blue Maple Leaves) by Tsuda Seifū

Aomomiji (Blue Maple Leaves)

青紅葉

1901

Color woodblock print on paper

Aoyagi (Green Willow) by Bertha Lum

Aoyagi (Green Willow)

1908

Color woodcut

Ashi ni shigi (Snipe bird in reeds) by Ohara Koson

Ashi ni shigi (Snipe bird in reeds)

1900-1920

Color woodcut

Autumn at Lake Hibara by Ōshita Tōjirō

Autumn at Lake Hibara

檜原湖の秋

1907

Watercolour on paper

Autumn Clouds by Ōshita Tōjirō

Autumn Clouds

秋の雲

1904

Watercolour on paper

Autumn Grasses by Ohara Koson

Autumn Grasses

1900

Woodblock print, or color woodcut, on Japan paper

Autumn Shower by Suzuki Kason

Autumn Shower

1904

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Autumn Shower, Illustration from Bungei Kurabu (Literary Club) by Suzuki Kason

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 by Suzuki Kason

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 by Mochizuki Gyokusen

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 by Ōshita Tōjirō

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) by Nakamura Fusetsu

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 by Miyagawa Shuntei

Beauty and Autumn Garden

1904

Woodblock print

Beauty and the Thunder God by Yamamoto Shunkyo

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) by Ikeda Terukata

Beauty Gazing at the Beach (frontispiece)

c. 1900-1910

Color woodblock print; kuchi-e frontispiece

Beauty Sketching in a Field by Kaburaki Kiyokata

Beauty Sketching in a Field

1903

Woodblock print

Belated by Helen Hyde

Belated

1901

Color woodcut on cream wove paper

Belief of the Universe (Uchū no shinkyō), variant I by Uehara Konen

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 by Uehara Konen

Belief of the Universe (Uchū no shinkyō), variant II

宇宙の信仰

c. 1900-1910

Color woodblock print

Bertha Lum by Bertha Lum

Bertha Lum

1909

Woodblock print

Bird on a Maple Branch by Araki Kanpo

Bird on a Maple Branch

楓に小鳥

before 1915

Ink and color on silk; hanging scroll

Black Bull by Mochizuki Gyokusen

Black Bull

黒牛図

late 19th–early 20th century

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Bodhisattva Kenshu by Hishida Shunsō

Bodhisattva Kenshu

賢首菩薩

1907

Hanging scroll; color on silk

Bridge in Grez-sur-Loing by Asai Chu

Bridge in Grez-sur-Loing

1902

Oil on canvas

Butterflies by Helen Hyde

Butterflies

1908

Color woodcut on ivory Japanese paper

Cascading Blossoms (Hanagumori) by Takeuchi Keishu

Cascading Blossoms (Hanagumori)

花ぐもり

1905

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

Cat and Plum Blossoms by Hishida Shunsō

Cat and Plum Blossoms

梅に猫

c. 1906

Hanging scroll; color on silk

Celebrating Victory by Suzuki Shōnen

Celebrating Victory

1904

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Cherry Blossom Rain by Helen Hyde

Cherry Blossom Rain

1905

Color woodcut on paper

Cherry Snow by Helen Hyde

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) by Ikeda Terukata

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 by Yamamoto Shoun

Children and Carp Streamer

鯉のぼりと子供

c. 1906

Color woodblock print

Children Fishing by Yamamoto Shoun

Children Fishing

魚釣りをする子供

c. 1906

Color woodblock print

Children Playing in Summer by Yamamoto Shoun

Children Playing in Summer

夏の子供遊び

c. 1906

Color woodblock print

Children with Lanterns by Yamamoto Shoun

Children with Lanterns

提灯を持つ子供

c. 1906

Color woodblock print

Coast by Maekawa Senpan

Coast

20th century

Color woodblock print

Colonel Kumamoto Masaji, Regimental Commander of the Imperial Guard Artillery by Kobayashi Kiyochika

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 by Mishima Shōsō

Coloration of Lacquer Tree Leaves

櫨紅葉

1909

Color woodblock print

Cottages in Autumn by Maruyama Banka

Cottages in Autumn

秋の家

c. 1900

Watercolor on paper

Courtiers' Carriages, from the series Worlds of Things (Momoyogusa) by Kamisaka Sekka

Courtiers' Carriages, from the series Worlds of Things (Momoyogusa)

百々世草 御所車

1909-10

Color woodblock print

Cranes (Tsuru zu) by Tsuji Kakō

Cranes (Tsuru zu)

鶴図

c. 1908

Six-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper

Dancing Fox by Ohara Koson

Dancing Fox

1900–1910s

Color woodblock print

Day Dreams by Helen Hyde

Day Dreams

1901

Color woodcut on paper

December (surimono) by Suzuki Shōnen

December (surimono)

ca. 1900–1910

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Demon Intoning the Name of the Buddha by Suzuki Shōnen

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 by Miyagawa Shuntei

Doll Festival

1904

Woodblock print

Dozing in Tearing by Miyagawa Shuntei

Dozing in Tearing

1906

Woodblock print

Eagle on Rock by Waves by Mochizuki Gyokusen

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 by Takashima Hokkai

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 by Kobayashi Kiyochika

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 by Bertha Lum

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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