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Autumn Foliage Prints (453)

Vivid depictions of autumn foliage (koyo) in Japanese woodblock prints, featuring fiery maple leaves, golden ginkgo trees, and the changing colors of the Japanese countryside. Autumn scenes are among the most celebrated subjects in shin-hanga and ukiyo-e traditions.

Artists Known for Autumn Foliage

"Na": Nunobiki Waterfall, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)" by Katsukawa Shunshō

"Na": Nunobiki Waterfall, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

c. 1772/73

Color woodblock print; koban

Night Watchmen Under Maple Tree by Katsushika Hokusai

Night Watchmen Under Maple Tree

19th century

Color woodblock print; long surimono

Red Maple Trees at the Tsuten Bridge (Tsutenkyo no momiji), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Red Maple Trees at the Tsuten Bridge (Tsutenkyo no momiji), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"

c. 1834

Color woodblock print; oban

The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo as a Woman at a Picnic under Autumn Maple Trees by Katsukawa Shun'ei

The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo as a Woman at a Picnic under Autumn Maple Trees

ca. 1792

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô V as the Spirit of the Monk Seigen and Nakamura Noshio I as the Spirit of the Courtesan Takao in “Courtesan in a Maple-Leaf-Pattern Over-Kimono” (“Keisei Momiji no Uchikake”) by Katsukawa Shunshō

Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô V as the Spirit of the Monk Seigen and Nakamura Noshio I as the Spirit of the Courtesan Takao in “Courtesan in a Maple-Leaf-Pattern Over-Kimono” (“Keisei Momiji no Uchikake”)

About 1772

Color woodblock prints; hosoban diptych

Clearing after a Snowfall at the Kannon Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon no yukibare), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" by Kawase Hasui

Clearing after a Snowfall at the Kannon Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon no yukibare), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"

1926

Color woodblock print; oban

Kegon Waterfall by Keisai Eisen

Kegon Waterfall

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Beauty representing autumn, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons by Utagawa Kuniyasu

Beauty representing autumn, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons

c. 1818/30

Color woodblock print; oban

Hanging Poem Cards (tanzaku) from a Maple Tree by Ikeda Terukata

Hanging Poem Cards (tanzaku) from a Maple Tree

c. 1903-1905

Color woodblock print; kuchi-e frontispiece

Backward-viewing Falls, One of the Three Waterfalls (Urami-ga-taki, santaki no sono ikkei), from the series "Famous Scenic Spots in the Mountains of Nikko (Nikkosan meisho no uchi)" by Keisai Eisen

Backward-viewing Falls, One of the Three Waterfalls (Urami-ga-taki, santaki no sono ikkei), from the series "Famous Scenic Spots in the Mountains of Nikko (Nikkosan meisho no uchi)"

1843–1847

Color woodblock print

Autumn Moon at the Temple Ishiyamadera from the series Fashionable Eight Views by Kikukawa Eizan

Autumn Moon at the Temple Ishiyamadera from the series Fashionable Eight Views

c. 1814–17

Color woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Willow and Waterfall by Tsubaki Chinzan

Willow and Waterfall

1847

Album leaf; ink and color on silk

Butterflies and Autumn Grasses by Mori Kansai

Butterflies and Autumn Grasses

蝶秋草図

1873

Album leaf; ink and color on silk

Hermit and Waterfall by Komuro Suiun

Hermit and Waterfall

高士観瀑図

Taishō–early Shōwa period (c. 1920s–1930s)

Color woodblock print

The Autumn Moon in the Mirror (Kyodai no shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)" by Suzuki Harunobu

The Autumn Moon in the Mirror (Kyodai no shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)"

c. 1766

Color woodblock print; chuban

Autumn Maples with Poem Slips by Tosa Mitsuoki

Autumn Maples with Poem Slips

c. 1675

Six-panel screen (one of pair); ink, colors, gold leaf, and gold powder on silk

Autumn Streams by Rai San'yō

Autumn Streams

early 19th century

Ink on mica paper

A Thousand Autumns, Ten Thousand Years on Tokiwa Bridge by Katsukawa Shunchō

A Thousand Autumns, Ten Thousand Years on Tokiwa Bridge

early 1790s

color woodblock print

Looking at Falling Snow by Takehisa Yumeji

Looking at Falling Snow

Autumn Maples at Takinogawa River, from the album "The Eternal Waterfall (Tokiwa no taki)" by Totoya Hokkei

Autumn Maples at Takinogawa River, from the album "The Eternal Waterfall (Tokiwa no taki)"

1833

Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from album

A Sage Fallen Asleep Over His Books by Yashima Gakutei

A Sage Fallen Asleep Over His Books

ca. 1820

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Red Carp Ascending a Waterfall by Yashima Gakutei

Red Carp Ascending a Waterfall

late 1820s

Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper

Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maples with Poem Slips by Tosa Mitsuoki

Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maples with Poem Slips

1654/81

Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, gold and silver on silk

Waterfall in Spring and Autumn by Kishi Chikudō

Waterfall in Spring and Autumn

春秋瀑布図

1893

Color on silk; pair of hanging scrolls

Autumn at Lake Hibara by Ōshita Tōjirō

Autumn at Lake Hibara

檜原湖の秋

1907

Watercolour on paper

Lovers Dressed as Komuso Monks in an Autumn Landscape by Katsukawa Shunshō

Lovers Dressed as Komuso Monks in an Autumn Landscape

c. 1770

Color woodblock print; chuban

Autumn Moon at Ishiyama (Ishiyama no shūgetsu), from the series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (ōmi hakkei) by Katsushika Hokusai

Autumn Moon at Ishiyama (Ishiyama no shūgetsu), from the series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (ōmi hakkei)

Late Edo period, circa 1800-1802

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in the "chūban" format; ink and color on paper

Matsuchi Hill after Snowfall by Torii Kiyonaga

Matsuchi Hill after Snowfall

c. 1785

Color woodblock print; oban diptych

Autumn by Tsuchiya Rakuzan

Autumn

Morning Glories, Pinks, and Maiden Flower, from the series "Seven Autumn Flowers in Moonlight" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Morning Glories, Pinks, and Maiden Flower, from the series "Seven Autumn Flowers in Moonlight"

1830/44

Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e

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

Meeting with a Friend on an Autumn Day by Noro Kaiseki

Meeting with a Friend on an Autumn Day

1822

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Autumn Clouds by Ōshita Tōjirō

Autumn Clouds

秋の雲

1904

Watercolour on paper

Autumnal Scenery by Murakami Kagaku

Autumnal Scenery

秋景図

1919

Ink and color on paper; hanging scroll

 'Celebration of Autumn Foliage'  by Kikukawa Eizan

'Celebration of Autumn Foliage'

1818-1823

Print

Imaibashi in Late Autumn, from the series "Eight Views of the Environs of Tokyo" by Shiro Kasamatsu

Imaibashi in Late Autumn, from the series "Eight Views of the Environs of Tokyo"

1939

Color woodblock print

Quail and Autumn Flowers by Tosa Mitsuoki

Quail and Autumn Flowers

second half of 17th century

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

A Young Male Actor on Parade in Autumn Rain by Suzuki Harunobu

A Young Male Actor on Parade in Autumn Rain

c. 1765/70

Color woodblock print; chuban

Clear autumn sky over a mountain temple, from the series "Picture Book of Chinese Poems (Toshi gafu no uchi)" by Totoya Hokkei

Clear autumn sky over a mountain temple, from the series "Picture Book of Chinese Poems (Toshi gafu no uchi)"

c. 1830/44

Color woodblock print; chuban

Autumn Moon at Seto (Seto shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Autumn Moon at Seto (Seto shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei)"

c. 1835/36

Color woodblock print; oban

Yoshitsune's Horse-washing Falls at Yoshino in Yamato Province by Katsushika Hokusai

Yoshitsune's Horse-washing Falls at Yoshino in Yamato Province

c. 1832

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

Ono Waterfall on the Kiso Road (from the series a Tour of Waterfalls in the Provinces) by Katsushika Hokusai

Ono Waterfall on the Kiso Road (from the series a Tour of Waterfalls in the Provinces)

early 1830s

color woodblock print

Burning Autumn Maple Leaves by Suzuki Harunobu

Burning Autumn Maple Leaves

1765

Color woodblock print; chuban

Autumn by Utagawa Hiroshige

Autumn

1843-1847

Print

Eight Indoor Scenes (Zashiki Hakkei): A Mirror Stand-The Autumn Moon (Kyôdai no shûgetsu) by Suzuki Harunobu

Eight Indoor Scenes (Zashiki Hakkei): A Mirror Stand-The Autumn Moon (Kyôdai no shûgetsu)

Autumn Leaves and the Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Kyoto by Utagawa Hiroshige

Autumn Leaves and the Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Kyoto

ca. 1840-1842

Print

Autumn Moon of Matsukaze by Suzuki Harunobu

Autumn Moon of Matsukaze

1765-70

Print

Burning Autumn Leaves by Suzuki Harunobu

Burning Autumn Leaves

Painting of Peacocks, Pines, a Waterfall, and a Roll of Red Fabric by Totoya Hokkei

Painting of Peacocks, Pines, a Waterfall, and a Roll of Red Fabric

ca. 1818

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Hata Rokurozaemon Disguised as the Samurai's Manservant (Yakko) Igaguri Hanehei (left), and Nakamura Noshio I as the Lady-in-Waiting Koto no Naishi (right), in the Dance Sequence "Sodegasa Momiji no Tekuda" (Umbrella Sleeves: Coquettish Tricks at Maple Time), from the Fourth Act of the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki (The War Tale Taiheiki: With Din and Clamor of Battle), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776 by Katsukawa Shunshō

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Hata Rokurozaemon Disguised as the Samurai's Manservant (Yakko) Igaguri Hanehei (left), and Nakamura Noshio I as the Lady-in-Waiting Koto no Naishi (right), in the Dance Sequence "Sodegasa Momiji no Tekuda" (Umbrella Sleeves: Coquettish Tricks at Maple Time), from the Fourth Act of the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki (The War Tale Taiheiki: With Din and Clamor of Battle), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

c. 1776

Color woodblock print; aiban

Yoro Falls in Mino Province (Mino no Yoro no taki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Yoro Falls in Mino Province (Mino no Yoro no taki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"

c. 1833

Color woodblock print; ōban

Shrine Attendant Raking Maple Leaves by Katsushika Hokusai

Shrine Attendant Raking Maple Leaves

c. 1830 or early 1830s

color woodblock print

Waterfall of Flowers: Caring for the Aged in the Quarter (Hana no taki sato no yoro), from the series Comical Dances of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara niwaka) by Kitagawa Utamaro

Waterfall of Flowers: Caring for the Aged in the Quarter (Hana no taki sato no yoro), from the series Comical Dances of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara niwaka)

Late Edo period, circa 1795

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"

Sparrows Flitting about Snow-covered Nandina as More Snow Falls by Utagawa Hiroshige

Sparrows Flitting about Snow-covered Nandina as More Snow Falls

c. 1840

Color woodblock print; chu-tanzaku

Cockerel, Hen and Autumn Flowers by Utagawa Hiroshige

Cockerel, Hen and Autumn Flowers

1837

Print

View of Autumn Maples at Ishiyama Temple in Omi Province by Utagawa Hiroshige

View of Autumn Maples at Ishiyama Temple in Omi Province

1843-1847

Print

Kirifuri Falls at Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province (Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Kirifuri Falls at Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province (Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"

c. 1833

Color woodblock print; oban

Matsuchiyama afer a Snowfall (Matsuchiyama no yuki mi) by Torii Kiyonaga

Matsuchiyama afer a Snowfall (Matsuchiyama no yuki mi)

The Great Waterfall at Oyama in Sagami Province by Utagawa Hiroshige

The Great Waterfall at Oyama in Sagami Province

1855

Print

Autumnal Sky at Choko (Choko shusei), from the series "Eight Views of the Ryukyu Islands (Ryukyu hakkei)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Autumnal Sky at Choko (Choko shusei), from the series "Eight Views of the Ryukyu Islands (Ryukyu hakkei)"

c. 1832

Color woodblock print; oban

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Frequently Asked Questions

Vivid depictions of autumn foliage (koyo) in Japanese woodblock prints, featuring fiery maple leaves, golden ginkgo trees, and the changing colors of the Japanese countryside. Autumn scenes are among the most celebrated subjects in shin-hanga and ukiyo-e traditions.

Kawase Hasui, Utagawa Hiroshige, and Katsushika Hokusai are among the artists most associated with autumn foliage in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.

Hanga currently catalogues 453 prints tagged with autumn foliage, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.