Children Prints (480)
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

Ariwara no Narihira, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"
c. 1814/17
Color woodblock print; oban

Bunya no Yasuhide, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"
c. 1814/17
Color woodblock print; oban

Kisen Hoshi, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"
c. 1814/17
Color woodblock print; oban

Ono no Komachi, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"
c. 1814/17
Color woodblock print; oban

Otomo no Kuronushi, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"
c. 1814/17
Color woodblock print; oban

Sojo Henjo, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"
c. 1814/17
Color woodblock print; oban

Man and Girl
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Girl Playing a Prank on a Young Man who is Napping
c. 1769
Color woodblock print; chuban

Three Girls at Temple Gate
possibly 1799
Color woodblock print; surimono

Two Women with Boy in Front of Powder Shop
c. 1770/71
Color woodblock print; chuban

Young Girl Throwing Fish into Pond
c. 1771/72
Color woodblock print; chuban

Women Watching Children Flying Kites
early 19th century
Color woodblock print; surimono

Children Playing Tug of War
early 19th century
Color woodblock print; surimono

Children Playing
early 19th century
Color woodblock print; surimono

Girls of Fukagawa - A Triptych (Fukagawa musume sanpukutsui)
c. 1755
Color woodblock print; uncut hosoban triptych, benizuri-e

Children
late 1700s–early 1800s
Leaf from a pair of folding albums; ink and light color on paper

A Man and a Girl Walking in the Rice Fields
ca. 1780
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

A Girl with a Fan
ca. 1780
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Untitled (Girl Holding Pink Flowers)
n.d.
Etching, with watercolor and pastel, on ivory wove paper

Young Man Admiring a Girl through a Barred Window
c. 1770
Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Young Man Carrying a Girl Sees her Reflection in the Water
c. 1771
Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Tiger, from the series "Fashionable Children with the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Furyu kodomo juni shi)"
c. 1773
Color woodblock print; chuban

Boy as Hotei, from an untitled series of children as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune
1780s
Color woodblock print; oban

A Girl and Four Servants, from the series "A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki)"
c. 1783/84
Color woodblock print; oban

Young Boy Wearing Hakama for the First Time, from from the series "A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki)"
c. 1783/84
Color woodblock print; oban

March; Girl's Festival

Court Ladies on a Balcony Watching a Woman and a Girl Chasing a Man in the Yard under Blossoming Cherry Trees
late 1790s
Color woodblock print; long surimono

A Boy Singer
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
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Girl Riding a Crane (parody of Hi Chobo [Chinese: Fei Zhangfang])
c. 1766/67
Color woodblock print; chuban

Girl in Wind
Maiko Girl
c. 1924
Color woodblock print

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as a Boy Blowing on His Hands beside a Large Snowball, in the Play Nigiwai Genji Hana Saku Kado, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1793
c. 1793
Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych

Two Women and a Girl
1800–1829
color woodblock print

Tanabata, from the series Fashionable Children of the Five Festivals (Fūryū kodomo gosekku)
c. 1809–29
Color woodblock print
The actor Ichikawa Dajuro VII and a woman watching boy write first calligraphy of the New Year
1831
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Two Girls Under Plum Tree
Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper

Actor Arashi Rikan as Miyamoto Musashi, Journeying through the Snow with his Boy Attendant
c. 1815-1830
Color woodblock print (yakusha-e)

Women and Children Viewing the Cherry Blossoms at Gotenyama
ca. 1787
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Wang Pu (Oho), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doji kagami)"
c. 1843
Color woodblock print; oban

A Collection of 'Children's Sports'
1888

Children at Play on a Snowy Morning by the Great Bridge in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Shin Ôhashi yuki no asa kodomo asobi no zu)
東都新大橋雪の朝子供遊の図
c. 1830s (Edo period)
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

The Sleeping Tea-Boy (parody of Hokaso)
c. 1767
Color woodblock print; chuban

A Lady Visiting a Shrine Followed by a Boy with Kite
early 19th century (possibly 1822 or 1834)
Color woodblock print; surimono

Young girl dancing at nobleman's mansion
1805
Color woodblock print; nagaban, surimono

Young Man Playing Flute as Three Girls Watch
c. 1782
Color woodblock print; hashira-e
Great Hit! Said the Children, after Seeing Popular Picture Books, and They Imitate the Subjects for TheirPlay, Calligraphy, and Painting (Yodo iu koitsu wa Nippon, Ezoshi wo mite yori sono gwai wo asobu)

Heron Girl (Sagi musume)
鷺娘
Taishō era, 20th century
Color woodblock print

Young Boy Beseeching Hotei
late 18th century
Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Young Girl
少女
1920
Ink and color on paper or silk

A Maegamai and a Girl- repro

A Young Girl Offering Tea to Another Woman
c. 1797
Color woodblock print; oban

Dong Yong (Toei), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doji kagami)"
c. 1843
Color woodblock print; oban

Japanese Girl
1919
Sepia on paper

Two Girls Enjoying the Evening Cool in a Garden
c. 1765/70
Color woodblock print; chuban

Segawa Kikunojō III as the Shop Boy Chōkichi
1796
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Fighting with Dolls, Children's Play

Japanese Girl (The Musmee)
1891
Wood engraving after a painting by Robert Blum, by Henry Wolf

A Woman and a Boy at Shrine
1804
Color woodblock print; surimono

A shy girl (Ono no Komachi)

A Girl with an Attendant
ca. 1770
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
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 480 prints tagged with children, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.





