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Taishō Era

1910s Japanese Woodblock Prints

350 prints from the 1910s in our collection, created during the Taishō Era (19121926). The brief Taishō era witnessed the birth of two pivotal movements that would revitalize Japanese printmaking. Watanabe Shozaburo launched the shin-hanga (new prints) movement, collaborating with artists like Kawase Hasui and Hiroshi Yoshida to produce exquisite landscape prints using traditional carver-printer-publisher teamwork.

Top Artists of the 1910s

Prints (350)

(Title unknown) Portrait of a Girl by Fritz Capelari

(Title unknown) Portrait of a Girl

1916

Woodblock print

A Day in June by Helen Hyde

A Day in June

1910

Color woodcut on paper

A Grove by Toko Shinoda

A Grove

20th century

Lithograph on paper; edition 32/50

A Mexican Coquette by Helen Hyde

A Mexican Coquette

1912

Color woodcut on paper

A pair of Flying Ducks and Moon by Ohara Koson

A pair of Flying Ducks and Moon

before 1912

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

A River in the Rain by Shōda Kōhō

A River in the Rain

circa 1910s

Color woodblock print (Hasegawa cat. no. 1106)

A Russian Girl by Aoyama Kumaji

A Russian Girl

ロシヤの少女

c. 1915

Oil on canvas

A Spring, from the series "Happiness" by Onchi Koshiro

A Spring, from the series "Happiness"

1916

Color woodblock print

Acrobat by Kogan Tobari

Acrobat

1916

Woodblock print

Acrobats (Karuwaza) by Kogan Tobari

Acrobats (Karuwaza)

1916

Woodblock print

Actor Ichikawa Danshirō II as Henmi Tesshinsai by Yamamura Toyonari

Actor Ichikawa Danshirō II as Henmi Tesshinsai

1919

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

After the Bath by Ito Shinsui

After the Bath

湯上がり

1917

Color woodblock print

Agra by Charles W. Bartlett

Agra

1916

color woodcut

Akarumi e (Toward the Light) — illustrated poetry book by Yosano Akiko by Tsuda Seifū

Akarumi e (Toward the Light) — illustrated poetry book by Yosano Akiko

明るみへ

1916

Letterpress and color woodcut on paper; bound book

Akasaka by Ishii Hakutei

Akasaka

c. 1914–1916

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Amida Buddha by Murakami Kagaku

Amida Buddha

阿弥陀図

1916

Ink and color on silk; hanging scroll

Amitābha (Amida) by Murakami Kagaku

Amitābha (Amida)

阿弥陀如来図

1916

Ink and color on silk; hanging scroll

Amritsar 1916 by Charles W. Bartlett

Amritsar 1916

1916

Drawing

Appoaching Dusk on Furukawa Embankment (Kure iku Furukawazutsumi) by Kawase Hasui

Appoaching Dusk on Furukawa Embankment (Kure iku Furukawazutsumi)

Kure iku Furukawazutsumi

1919

Color woodblock print; nagaban

Arhat Holding Pagoda by Hashimoto Kansetsu

Arhat Holding Pagoda

羅漢

1917

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

August by Helen Hyde

August

1914

Color woodcut on ivory Japanese paper

August, Moon by Igawa Sengai

August, Moon

1918

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Autumn by Ikeda Shōen

Autumn

About 1911

Hanging scroll; ink, colors, and gold on silk

Autumnal Scenery by Murakami Kagaku

Autumnal Scenery

秋景図

1919

Ink and color on paper; hanging scroll

Awazu, from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)" by Ito Shinsui

Awazu, from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)"

1917

Color woodblock print

Awazu, from the series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (ōmi hakkei) by Ito Shinsui

Awazu, from the series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (ōmi hakkei)

1917

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Bamboo in the Water by Watanabe Seitei

Bamboo in the Water

1916

Woodblock print

Bamboo Road by Bertha Lum

Bamboo Road

1912

Color woodcut

Barge on the Canal de Damme, Bruges by Yoshijiro Urushibara

Barge on the Canal de Damme, Bruges

ca. 1919

Print

Bather on the Rocks by Kanae Yamamoto

Bather on the Rocks

1918

Woodblock print

Bathers by Onchi Koshiro

Bathers

浴女

1915

Color woodblock print

Bathing by Kanae Yamamoto

Bathing

1918

Color woodblock print

Bathing Nudes by Yasui Sōtarō

Bathing Nudes

水浴裸婦

1914

Oil on canvas

Battledore by Suzuki Kason

Battledore

1911

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Beauty Under Umbrella by Yamamoto Shoun

Beauty Under Umbrella

傘を差す美人

c. 1910

Color woodblock print

Before the Mirror by Ito Shinsui

Before the Mirror

鏡の前

1911

Color woodblock print

Before the Storm by Ito Shinsui

Before the Storm

1915

Color woodblock print

Benaras, Early Morning by Charles W. Bartlett

Benaras, Early Morning

1919

Woodblock print

Bijin with Map by Hamada Josen

Bijin with Map

circa 1900-1920

Color woodblock print

Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons by Araki Jippo

Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons

四季花鳥

1917

Color pigments on silk; set of four hanging scrolls (kakejiku)

Black Cat (Kuroki Neko) by Hishida Shunsō

Black Cat (Kuroki Neko)

黒き猫

1910

Hanging scroll; color on silk

Black Obi by Okada Saburōsuke

Black Obi

黒き帯

1915

Oil on canvas

Bookplate design [woman playing shamisen] by Takehisa Yumeji

Bookplate design [woman playing shamisen]

1910s–1930s

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Boys and Kites by Bertha Lum

Boys and Kites

1912

Color woodcut

Breton Landscape by Kanae Yamamoto

Breton Landscape

c. 1913

Woodblock print

Bridge by the Quai Poterie by Yoshijiro Urushibara

Bridge by the Quai Poterie

1919

Print

Bridge in snow by Takahashi Shotei

Bridge in snow

ca. 1915

Print

Bright Moon Night by Tsuji Kakō

Bright Moon Night

月夜図

1912

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Bruges at Dawn by Yoshijiro Urushibara

Bruges at Dawn

1919

Color woodcut

Carnation by Hiratsuka Un'ichi

Carnation

1923

Woodcut print

Carp under wisteria by Ito Sozan

Carp under wisteria

ca. 1915

Print

Ceylon by Charles W. Bartlett

Ceylon

1916

Woodblock print

Cherry Blossoms by Bertha Lum

Cherry Blossoms

1912

Color woodcut

Cherry-blossom Viewing by Ikeda Shōen

Cherry-blossom Viewing

花見

About 1910

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Chestnut Burrs by Mabel Royds

Chestnut Burrs

circa 1912

Colour woodcut print on paper

Chieko by Kaburaki Kiyokata

Chieko

1913

Woodblock print

Children by Bertha Lum

Children

1912

Color woodcut

Children Playing Under a Tree (Ki no shita de asondeiru kodomo) by Kimura Shōhachi

Children Playing Under a Tree (Ki no shita de asondeiru kodomo)

樹の下で遊んでいる子供

1915

Oil on canvas

Chinese Bridge at Seta, from the series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (ōmi hakkei) by Ito Shinsui

Chinese Bridge at Seta, from the series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (ōmi hakkei)

1918

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Chinese Lady by Kanae Yamamoto

Chinese Lady

ca. 1912–1914

Woodblock print

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Frequently Asked Questions

Hanga catalogues 350 Japanese woodblock prints created during the 1910s (Taishō Era, 1912–1926).

The 1910s fall within the Taishō Era (大正時代), which ran from 1912 to 1926.

Ito Shinsui, Hashiguchi Goyo, and Fritz Capelari are among the artists with the most 1910s prints in our collection.

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