1930s Japanese Woodblock Prints
728 prints from the 1930s in our collection, created during the Shōwa Era (1926–1989). The Shōwa era encompassed Japanese printmaking's greatest upheavals and triumphs. Pre-war, shin-hanga flourished with Hasui, Yoshida, and Koitsu producing iconic landscapes.
Top Artists of the 1930s
Prints (728)
Makeup in Modern Times
1930
Woodblock Print
”Pigeon in Flight and Blossoming Cherry Tree”
1931
Ink, paper
(Kwannon Goddess)
1930-1974
Woodblock print
![[Garden of] Taj Mahal, No. 1 (Taji Maharu no niwa, dai ichi) by Hiroshi Yoshida](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/230993a7-d4f0-c979-c267-127d48e1ef1c/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
[Garden of] Taj Mahal, No. 1 (Taji Maharu no niwa, dai ichi)
Taji Maharu no niwa, dai ichi
1931
Color woodblock print; oban
#51 Scene from Act IV
c. 1935
Woodblock print
#6 Rouge
1931
Woodblock print
#88 Scene from Act VII
c. 1935
Woodblock print
3/4 Rosette with Fleur de Lis from Center
1930s
Woodblock print
A Midsummer Night's Dream
20th century
Color woodblock print
A Ball, from the series "Twelve Subjects of Children" (Komodo junidai, temari)
February 1931
Color woodblock print
A Basket with Various Flowers
1932
Color woodblock print
A Calm Day
1930
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
A Garden in Okayama on a Spring Morning
1933
Woodblock print, ink and colors on paper
A Garden in Summer
1933
Woodblock print
A Gate to the Stupa of Sanchi (Sanchi no mon)
Sanchi no mon
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
A Junk, Plate No. 4
1939
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
A Junk, printing order no. 2
1939
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
A Lay Nun from the Kannon Sutra
1938
Woodblock print
![A Little Restaurant [at Night] (Ryoriya no yoru) by Hiroshi Yoshida](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/e0e87290-6b97-4999-6986-731f7a56bbc9/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
A Little Restaurant [at Night] (Ryoriya no yoru)
Ryoriya no yoru
1933
Color woodblock print; oban
A Little Temple Gate
1933
Color woodblock print
A Market in Mukden
1937
Color woodblock print
A Nap (Utatane)
1930
Woodblock print
A Nocturnal Fuji, Lake Ashino (Ashino no yu Fuji)
Ashino no yu Fuji
1935
Color woodblock print
A Shell and Butterflies
貝殻と蝶
1934
Oil on canvas
A White Horse and a Clown
白馬と道化
1932
Oil on canvas
A Window in Fatehpur-Sikri
1931
Woodblock print
A Window in Fatehpur-Sikri from the series “India and Southeast Asia”
1931
Color woodblock print
Abuto in the Morning, from the series "Abuto"
1930
Color woodblock print
Actor Ichikawa Chūsha VII as Kiichi Hōgen
c. 1936
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper with mica and embossing
After a Bath (Yugaeri)
1933
Woodblock print
After Bath
January 1932
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
After Rain
1938
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
After the Bath
湯上がり
1930
Color woodblock print
Afternoon at Shirahama
1939
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Akashi-chō in Tsukiji
1931
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Amakusa
1937
Woodblock Print
Amida Nyorai (Amitabha)
1937
Woodblock print
Aoba Castle, Sendai (Sendai Aobajō), from the series Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fūkei shu higashi Nihon hen)
1933
Color woodblock print
Applying Powder
Summer 1930
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper with mica
Arashiyama (Later printing by Toshi Yoshida)
1935
Woodblock print
Arashiyama, from the series "Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms"
1935
Color woodblock print
Asakusa Kanzeon Temple
1932
Color woodblock print
Asakusa Kanzeon Temple
1932
Color woodblock print
Asakusa Townscape
浅草風景
1936
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Ascetics' Cave
1937
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Ashura-O / Kegon fu (A Record of the Kegon Sutra)
1937
Woodblock print
At the Bath
1934
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Autumn at Oirase
June 1933
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Autumn Color along the Moat at Hanzo Gate (Hanzomon go-horihata no aki iro), from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era (Showa dai Tokyo fukei hyaku zue hanga)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Autumn Farm
秋圃
1939
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Autumn Melodies (from Shōjo gahō, September 1931)
秋の調べ（少女画報1931年9月号より）
September 1931
Magazine illustration; color lithograph after painting
Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple
1933
Color woodblock print
Azalea Garden
1935
Color woodblock print
Bamboo Grove
1939
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Bamboo Wood
1939
Color woodblock print
Baramon, from the Kannon Sutra
1938
Woodblock print
Beauty on veranda, in the style of Harunobu
Not dated (1930's)
Woodblock print
Beef Shop Counter (Gyūnikuten chōba)
牛肉店帳場
1932
Oil on canvas
Before the Act
1932
Lithograph
Before the Mirror
January 1932
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
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Frequently Asked Questions
Hanga catalogues 728 Japanese woodblock prints created during the 1930s (Shōwa Era, 1926–1989).
The 1930s fall within the Shōwa Era (昭和時代), which ran from 1926 to 1989.
Kawase Hasui, Hiroshi Yoshida, and Torii Kotondo are among the artists with the most 1930s prints in our collection.
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