Boats & Ships Prints (162)
Boats, ships, and maritime vessels in Japanese woodblock prints. From traditional fishing boats and sailing junks to modern steamships, watercraft appear as both primary subjects and atmospheric elements in coastal and river scenes.
Artists Known for Boats & Ships
Picture of the Saikyōmaru's Hard Fight off Haiyang Island
October 1894
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
A Picture of Prosperity at Horidome
Woodblock print
A Torpedo Hitting a Russian Warship
February 1904
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Illustration of the Landing and Advance to Weihaiwei
1895 (Meiji 28)
Woodblock print (nishiki-e) triptych; ink and colors on paper
Urouro-bune (Aimless boats) / Nippon banzai hyakusen hyakusho (Hurrah for Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs)
Woodblock print
Moored Boats (Ships at Rest)
Woodblock print
Great Victory of the Navy off Dagushan
October 1894
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Boatmen at sunset at Miyajima
Woodblock print
Sendai Moat, Fukagawa, from
Woodblock print
Junks and Yellow Sky
Woodblock print
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Woodblock print
Miotsukushi — 澪標
Woodblock print
Chapter 14 - Miotsukushi
Woodblock print
The Barge
1919
Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engineering Co
Woodblock print
Boatman song
Woodblock print
Portugese arriving in Nagasaki
Woodblock print
Sails
Woodblock print
Barge Pool (Hashike damari)
Woodblock print
Canoe Slalom
2020
Ink and color on paper
Black Ship
2012
Woodblock
"american junk" woodcut print by artist charles spitzack speedo american flag mens befiefs woodblock mokuhanga fine art print
amazing grace 2025 dry dock sailboat sail boat rigging port townsend port washington wa woodcut woodblock print printmaking printmaker charles spitzack artist artwork contemporary lino linocut washi seattle
summer palace 2025 dry dock sailboat sail boat print fine art seattle port townsend charles spitzack pnw artist printmaker woodcut woodblock mokuhanga
windspirit 2025 dry dock sailboat sail boat rigging port townsend port washington wa woodcut woodblock print printmaking printmaker charles spitzack artist artwork contemporary lino linocut washi seattle
Soma's Boat (Soma no Fune)
ソマの舟
2018-present
Woodblock print
Sunset sail
Three of the Moon, Tree of Wind and Small Boat
2006
Etching and aquatint
Sail On, Silver Moon
2022
Aquatint, etching, palladium leaf
Boat In a storm
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Ship's wake
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Ship's wake
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Boat in a dream
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Treasure Ship Spring (Goddess)
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Treasure Ship Goddess of All Animals
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Young Woman and Chinese junk
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Two Girls in a boat
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Pleasure boat
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Fishing boat and green bird
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Three men busy with a boat
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Festival boat in Amatsu
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Scrapped vessel at Uraga
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Boats, ships, and maritime vessels in Japanese woodblock prints. From traditional fishing boats and sailing junks to modern steamships, watercraft appear as both primary subjects and atmospheric elements in coastal and river scenes.
Hiroshi Yoshida, Kobayashi Kiyochika, and Kawase Hasui are among the artists most associated with boats & ships in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 162 prints tagged with boats & ships, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.