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
Girl
20th century
Color woodblock print
Girl with Cat
1957
Color woodblock print
Peasant Girl on Street
Woodblock print
Profile of Young Girl in Kimono
1957
Woodblock print
A Young Girl
Woodblock print
Maiko Girl
July 1932
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
M-25 Late Autumn in a village- peasant girl
Woodblock print
Fuji Musume- Wisteria Girl
Not set
Woodblock print
Young Girl of Jaluit, Marshalls 100/150
1939
Woodblock print
School Girl
Woodblock print
The Wife and Child (Tsumako no saku), from the series "The Tale of the Auklet (Uto Hanga-kan)"
1938
Woodblock print
Child carrying a younger child 2
Woodblock print
Girl (C)
Woodblock print
Girl (Hydrangea)
1948
Color woodblock print
Girl in Autumn
Woodblock print
Girl in Grey
Woodblock print
Girl Smelling Flowers
Woodblock print
Shop Girl, Cardin, Paris, Shôwa period, dated 1960
Woodblock print
Mother and Child
c. 1915–1955
Color woodblock print
Sketches of baby (the first son of Onchi, Kunio)
Woodblock print
Girl in Cotton Dress
1942
Woodblock print
Girl with Calico-Patterned Background
1948
Woodblock print
Girl with Crane (Tsuru no shojo)
1953
Woodblock print
Nagasaki Doll (with baby on her back)
1959
Color woodblock print
Portrait of a Girl with Accompanying Poem
1984
Woodblock print
Madonna and Child
1975
Hand-colored stencil print on crumpled paper; edition 62/70
Black Boy Seated on A Chair
Woodblock print
![[Boy with bird on his head] by Jun'ichiro Sekino](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135553.jpg)
[Boy with bird on his head]
20th century
Screen print, color on paper (?)
Girl with rabbit
Woodblock print
Sea Child
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
A Boy And His Dog
Woodblock print
Boy's Day 2
Woodblock print
Girl Mountaineer
Woodblock print
![Untitled [portrait of a boy] by Umetaro Azechi](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/136025.jpg)
Untitled [portrait of a boy]
mid–20th century
Woodblock print, ink on paper
Young Child
Woodblock print
Portrait of a Girl
20th century
Woodblock print
Act V of Chûshingura and others, from the series A Children's Handbook of String Pictures (Kyokumusubi osana tehon)
Woodblock print
Daikoku and others, from the series A Children's Handbook of String Pictures (Kyokumusubi osana tehon)
Woodblock print
Mother and Child Playing with Dog
Woodblock print
Tenpōzan in Osaka: Viewing Children's Sumo (Naniwa Tenpōzan kodomo sumō shōran)
1863
Tenpôzan in Osaka: Viewing Children's Sumo (Naniwa Tenpôzan kodomo sumô shôran), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô
Woodblock print
Woman Fighting with Naginata and others, from the series A Children's Handbook of String Pictures (Kyokumusubi osana tehon)
Woodblock print
Two Bijin and Child
Woodblock print
Captain Higuchi, in the Midst of the Attack, Personally Holds a Lost Chinese Child (Higuchi taii shingeki no toji mizukara Seishi no ishi o hôji suru no zu)
Woodblock print
Dancing Girl, from the series Activities of Women
Woodblock print
Covers of the three booklets Bright Young Girl in the Abyss of a Poisonous Snake, vol. 3
1880
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
TWO WOMEN AND A YOUNG BOY HOLDING A PRINT (PORTRAIT OF A MAN)
Woodblock print
Woman and Girl with Toy, Meiji period, circa 1890s
Woodblock print
Girl with Umbrella
Contemporary - 1969
Woodblock print
Sleeping Boy: Osamu (Nemuro otoko: Osamu)
Woodblock print
Boy releasing a kite
c. 1800/10
Color woodblock print; ebangire, surimono
Girl at the window
c. 1804
Color woodblock print; surimono
Two Women and a Child Beside a Goldfish Tank
c. 1800
color woodblock print
Women and children out for a picnic
n.d.
Color woodblock print; ebangire, surimono
Women Distracting a Child whose Kite is caught in a Tree
c. 1800
color woodblock print
Women on the Veranda Looking at a Girl Picking Flower
about 1790s
Color woodblock print; long surimono
Meng Zong (Moso), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doji kagami)"
c. 1843
Color woodblock print; oban
Min Ziqian (Binshiken), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doji kagami)"
c. 1842
Woodblock print; oban, keyblock proof impression
Snowballs
1912
Color woodcut on Japan paper
Kite Flying
凧揚げ
c. 1906
Color 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.