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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

Mothers Love- Mother and Child by Kaoru Kawano

Mothers Love- Mother and Child

Woodblock print

Unknown A Seated Girl Under a Tree with Fruit by Kaoru Kawano

Unknown A Seated Girl Under a Tree with Fruit

Woodblock print

Unknown, child and bird by Kaoru Kawano

Unknown, child and bird

Woodblock print

Unknown, child and butterfly by Kaoru Kawano

Unknown, child and butterfly

Woodblock print

Unknown, child and flower by Kaoru Kawano

Unknown, child and flower

Woodblock print

Unknown, Child with Flowers by Kaoru Kawano

Unknown, Child with Flowers

Woodblock print

Unknown- girl and goldfish- oban by Kaoru Kawano

Unknown- girl and goldfish- oban

Woodblock print

Unknown, Girl Praying by Kaoru Kawano

Unknown, Girl Praying

Woodblock print

Unknown- girl with flowers in hair by Kaoru Kawano

Unknown- girl with flowers in hair

Woodblock print

Unknown, Little Girl- Camellia by Kaoru Kawano

Unknown, Little Girl- Camellia

Woodblock print

Unknown, sleeping child by Kaoru Kawano

Unknown, sleeping child

Woodblock print

Unknown, Young Girl In Kimono- Camellia by Kaoru Kawano

Unknown, Young Girl In Kimono- Camellia

Woodblock print

Woman Holding a Baby by Kaoru Kawano

Woman Holding a Baby

Woodblock print

young girl holding a small Japanese fan by Kaoru Kawano

young girl holding a small Japanese fan

Woodblock print

young girl with a mask by Kaoru Kawano

young girl with a mask

Woodblock print

young girl with birds in her hair by Kaoru Kawano

young girl with birds in her hair

Woodblock print

May; Boy's Festival by Yoshitoshi Mori

May; Boy's Festival

Woodblock print

Village Children Playing Baseball by Sumio Kawakami

Village Children Playing Baseball

1936

Woodblock print, ink on paper

Girl 122 - A by Fumio Kitaoka

Girl 122 - A

Woodblock print

Mother and child by Fumio Kitaoka

Mother and child

Woodblock print

Farm girl by Toru Mabuchi

Farm girl

Woodblock print

Juvenile Instructions of the Boy Monju (Chigo monju osana kyokun) by Katsushika Hokusai

Juvenile Instructions of the Boy Monju (Chigo monju osana kyokun)

1801

Woodblock-printed book; loose plates

#13, Oniwaka Maru (Benkei as a boy) Fighting with the Monks at the Shoshazan by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

#13, Oniwaka Maru (Benkei as a boy) Fighting with the Monks at the Shoshazan

Woodblock print

Dashun (Taishun), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doji kagami)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Dashun (Taishun), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doji kagami)"

c. 1843

Color woodblock print; oban

Hako-O Maru (Soga Goro as a Boy) near Waterfall, Writing Bonji Characters on a Rock, While Holding up an Statue of the God Fudo with one Hand. by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Hako-O Maru (Soga Goro as a Boy) near Waterfall, Writing Bonji Characters on a Rock, While Holding up an Statue of the God Fudo with one Hand.

Woodblock print

Rice Planting Girl - Saotome by Joshua Rome

Rice Planting Girl - Saotome

Woodblock print

Girl 122 - A by Fumio Fujita

Girl 122 - A

Woodblock print

Child Cate (W) by Tadashige Nishida

Child Cate (W)

Woodblock print

Flowers of a Hundred Years: A Modern Girl [of 1920] (Hyakunen no Hana: Senkyuhakunijuunen no Moga) by Paul Binnie

Flowers of a Hundred Years: A Modern Girl [of 1920] (Hyakunen no Hana: Senkyuhakunijuunen no Moga)

Woodblock print

Geisha Girl in Winter by Hasegawa Sadanobu III

Geisha Girl in Winter

Woodblock print

GIRL PLAYING HANETSUKI GAME by Hasegawa Sadanobu III

GIRL PLAYING HANETSUKI GAME

Woodblock print

Girl with Drum by Hasegawa Sadanobu III

Girl with Drum

Woodblock print

Maiko Girl, dancing by Hasegawa Sadanobu III

Maiko Girl, dancing

Woodblock print

Pensive Girl by Tomoyo Jinbo

Pensive Girl

Woodblock print

Dancing Girl by Lantern by Kanpo Yoshikawa

Dancing Girl by Lantern

Woodblock print

(Title unknown) Portrait of a Girl by Fritz Capelari

(Title unknown) Portrait of a Girl

1916

Woodblock print

Children by Bertha Lum

Children

1912

Color woodcut

Child in snow by Maeda Masao

Child in snow

Woodblock print

Girl in Kimono by Maeda Masao

Girl in Kimono

Woodblock print

Girl with fan by Maeda Masao

Girl with fan

Woodblock print

Girl with western hat by Maeda Masao

Girl with western hat

Woodblock print

Woman Holding a Baby by Saito Kaoru

Woman Holding a Baby

Woodblock print

Title unknown [Mother and child] by Nagase Yoshio

Title unknown [Mother and child]

mid 20th century

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Title unknown [Woman and child] by Nagase Yoshio

Title unknown [Woman and child]

mid 20th century

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Face (Child) [Kao (Kodomo)] by Kinoshita Tomio

Face (Child) [Kao (Kodomo)]

1962

Color woodblock print; edition 20/50

Girl in Kimono by Ebina Masao

Girl in Kimono

Woodblock print

Mitate No.28 - Sleeping baby (Akanbou) by Nana Shiomi

Mitate No.28 - Sleeping baby (Akanbou)

2000

Print

Children's Mind by Mitsuaki Sora

Children's Mind

Woodblock print

Children's Mind 69-10 by Mitsuaki Sora

Children's Mind 69-10

Woodblock print

Happi Boy 2 by Kunio Kaneko

Happi Boy 2

20/100, 2004

Woodblock print

Happi Girl by Kunio Kaneko

Happi Girl

117/200, 1996

Woodblock print

Child with Flowers by Tadashi Nakayama

Child with Flowers

Woodblock print

Girl and Flowers by Tadashi Nakayama

Girl and Flowers

Woodblock print

Girl and Sunflowers by Tadashi Nakayama

Girl and Sunflowers

Woodblock print

A Boy and His Rooster (Artist's son, Jumpei, aged 12) by Jun'ichiro Sekino

A Boy and His Rooster (Artist's son, Jumpei, aged 12)

Woodblock print

A Girl and Her Swan (Artist's daughter, Ayuko) by Jun'ichiro Sekino

A Girl and Her Swan (Artist's daughter, Ayuko)

Woodblock print

Boy and Rooster by Jun'ichiro Sekino

Boy and Rooster

1957

Woodblock print

Boy and Rooster in Moonlight by Jun'ichiro Sekino

Boy and Rooster in Moonlight

1959

Woodblock print

Boy and Villagers by Jun'ichiro Sekino

Boy and Villagers

Woodblock print

Boy Holding a Cat by Jun'ichiro Sekino

Boy Holding a Cat

1957

Woodblock print

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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.