Children Prints (494)
Children (kodomo) in Japanese woodblock prints, depicted at play, in festivals, or in genre scenes of daily life. Child subjects appear across all periods, from Edo-era prints to modern sosaku-hanga compositions celebrating childhood innocence.
Artists Known for Children
A dancing girl, maiko, in winter
Woodblock print
Child of the Sea
1940
Woodblock print
Black Boy
Woodblock print
Children's Parade
1982
Woodblock print; watercolor on French paper
Drawing for Rabbit and Boy
1964
Acrylic paint and oil pastel with oiled charcoal and ink over an ink and graphite underdrawing on paper
Head of a Girl
1942
Color woodblock print
Rabbit and Boy
1964
Color lithograph with relief block and hand coloring; edition 35/36
Portrait of a Boy
1961
Woodblock print
German Girl
1954
Color woodblock print
An Oharame Girl Carrying Firewood on Her Head
20th century
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Girl with sunflower
Woodblock print
Titmouse and Girl
1955
Color woodblock print
Play Ground (2), Shôwa period, dated 1964
Woodblock print
Children Playing in Summer
夏の子供遊び
c. 1906
Color woodblock print
Children with Lanterns
提灯を持つ子供
c. 1906
Color woodblock print
Children and Carp Streamer
鯉のぼりと子供
c. 1906
Color woodblock print
Children Fishing
魚釣りをする子供
c. 1906
Color woodblock print
Children at Play
遊ぶ子供たち
c. 1930
Color woodblock print
Yoshitsune as a Boy (Onzōshi Ushiwakamaru)
Late Edo period, 19th century
Right panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper
Maihime (Dancing Girl)
Woodblock print
Maihime (Dancing Girl)
1953
Woodblock print
Kabuki Actor with Child, Taishô period, circa 1920-1922
Woodblock print
Maiko Girl
Woodblock print
Moga (Modern) Girl
c. 1930
Woodblock print
Moga (Modern) Girl Dancing in a Flapper Style Dress
c. 1930
Drawing
Young Girl (Wakai Onna)
Woodblock print
Child
1927
Color woodblock print
Girl
1927
Woodblock print
Little Girl
1927
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Portrait of a Boy
1927
Woodblock print
Portrait of a Boy (Kodomo), Shôwa period, dated 1927
Shôwa period, 1926-1989
Woodblock print
Unknown children, birds
Not set
Woodblock print
Children's fireworks — Senko Hanabi
1896
Woodblock print
Uptown Girl — 山の手
Not set
Woodblock print
Girl holding Red Fan
1952
Color woodblock print with traces of mica
Children's Day, child with samurai helmet
Woodblock print
Child carrying a younger child 2
Woodblock print
Golden Girl 77/200
Woodblock print
Children Playing
Woodblock print
Neko wo Daku- Girl Holding Cat
Woodblock print
Farm Girl
Woodblock print
Children building snowman
Woodblock print
Children making a Snowman in the Northeast District
Woodblock print
Children building snowman
Woodblock print
Children making a Snowman in the Northeast District
Woodblock print
Child walking through snowy field
Woodblock print
Korean Children at Play
c. 1921
Color woodblock print
Dancing girl
Woodblock print
Dutch girl in landscape
Japanese, Taishô era
Woodblock print
A Ball, from the series "Twelve Subjects of Children" (Komodo junidai, temari)
February 1931
Color woodblock print
Girl by the Window
1947
Color woodblock print
Child Cate (W)
Woodblock print
Girl and Flower
Woodblock print
Girl Playing Battledore
Woodblock print
Mother and Child
Woodblock print
Girl on the Verandah
Woodblock print
Child carrying a younger child 2
Woodblock print
Child with flowers and butterflies
Woodblock print
Doves and Girl- LE
Woodblock print
Girl clasping hands
Woodblock print
Related Subjects
Frequently Asked Questions
Children (kodomo) in Japanese woodblock prints, depicted at play, in festivals, or in genre scenes of daily life. Child subjects appear across all periods, from Edo-era prints to modern sosaku-hanga compositions celebrating childhood innocence.
Kitagawa Utamaro, Jun'ichiro Sekino, and Kaoru Kawano are among the artists most associated with children in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 494 prints tagged with children, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.