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Gardens Prints (358)

Japanese garden scenes in woodblock prints, from the famous moss gardens of Kyoto to intimate courtyard compositions. Garden prints celebrate the Japanese art of cultivated nature, featuring stone lanterns, raked gravel, ponds, and meticulously shaped trees.

Artists Known for Gardens

Small Garden, Shôwa period, dated 1967 by Hiroyuki Tajima

Small Garden, Shôwa period, dated 1967

Woodblock print

Moss Garden by Fumio Kitaoka

Moss Garden

Woodblock print

True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Ume (Japanese apricot) Garden at Kameido by Inoue Yasuji

True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Ume (Japanese apricot) Garden at Kameido

Woodblock print

Light in Apothecary Garden by Emiko Aida

Light in Apothecary Garden

Aquatint

Bijin in a Plum Garden — 梅美人 by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi

Bijin in a Plum Garden — 梅美人

Not set

Woodblock print

Snowy Temple Garden by Ito Nisaburo

Snowy Temple Garden

Woodblock print

Garden scene by Kamei Tobei

Garden scene

Woodblock print

Azalea Garden by Hiroshi Yoshida

Azalea Garden

1935

Color woodblock print

Shalimar Garden, Lahore by Hiroshi Yoshida

Shalimar Garden, Lahore

1932

Color woodblock print

Snowy Temple Garden by Kotozuka Eiichi

Snowy Temple Garden

Not set

Woodblock print

Tenryuji Garden (Tenryuji teien) by Chizuko Yoshida

Tenryuji Garden (Tenryuji teien)

1953

Color woodblock print

Temple Garden (Artist's Proof), Shôwa period, 1964 by Ansei Uchima

Temple Garden (Artist's Proof), Shôwa period, 1964

Woodblock print

Niwa (Garden (End of Summer)) by Takahashi Rikio

Niwa (Garden (End of Summer))

Woodblock print

Beauty at the Garden Well by Kajita Hanko

Beauty at the Garden Well

Woodblock print

Eight Plank Bridge (Lady in Iris Garden) by Kajita Hanko

Eight Plank Bridge (Lady in Iris Garden)

Woodblock print

Mitate No.42 - Garden (Niwa) by Nana Shiomi

Mitate No.42 - Garden (Niwa)

2001

Print

Stone Garden of Ryoanji Temple, Kyoto (Ryoan Fixed Stones) by Tadashi Nakayama

Stone Garden of Ryoanji Temple, Kyoto (Ryoan Fixed Stones)

Woodblock print

Garden in Autumn, Shôwa period, dated 1961 by Saito Kiyoshi

Garden in Autumn, Shôwa period, dated 1961

Woodblock print

Garden Sugaku-in by Saito Kiyoshi

Garden Sugaku-in

Woodblock print

Shoji-View of Garden, Shôwa period, 1960 by Saito Kiyoshi

Shoji-View of Garden, Shôwa period, 1960

Woodblock print

Stone garden by river by Saito Kiyoshi

Stone garden by river

Woodblock print

Stone Garden, Kyoto by Saito Kiyoshi

Stone Garden, Kyoto

1955

Color woodblock print; edition 48/150

Greenhouse, from the series "Prints of the Shinjuku Imperial Garden (Shinjuku Gyoen hanga)" by Onchi Koshiro

Greenhouse, from the series "Prints of the Shinjuku Imperial Garden (Shinjuku Gyoen hanga)"

1949

Color woodblock print

Taiwan Pavilion, from the series "Prints of the Shinjuku Imperial Garden (Shinjuku Gyoen hanga)" by Onchi Koshiro

Taiwan Pavilion, from the series "Prints of the Shinjuku Imperial Garden (Shinjuku Gyoen hanga)"

1949

Color woodblock print

Obaiin Garden at Daitokuji Temple, Kyoto by Hiratsuka Un'ichi

Obaiin Garden at Daitokuji Temple, Kyoto

1963

Woodblock print

View of the Japanese Garden, from the series "Prints of the Shinjuku Imperial Garden (Shinjuku Gyoen hanga)" by Hiratsuka Un'ichi

View of the Japanese Garden, from the series "Prints of the Shinjuku Imperial Garden (Shinjuku Gyoen hanga)"

1949

Color woodblock print

Flower Garden, Shôwa period, dated 1963 by Sadao Watanabe

Flower Garden, Shôwa period, dated 1963

Woodblock print

Breeze in Apothecary Garden by Emiko Aida

Breeze in Apothecary Garden

Aquatint

Taira Kiyomori Seeing Skulls in the Snowy Garden by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Taira Kiyomori Seeing Skulls in the Snowy Garden

May 1882

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and colors on paper

Triptych: Emperor Meiji and His Consort in the Plum Garden (Miyo shun'e no baien), Meiji period, dated 1887 by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Triptych: Emperor Meiji and His Consort in the Plum Garden (Miyo shun'e no baien), Meiji period, dated 1887

Woodblock print

Bijin With Fan in Garden by Takehisa Yumeji

Bijin With Fan in Garden

Woodblock print

Famous Views of Japan: Sankeien Garden (Nihon meisho zu-e: Sankeien) by Paul Binnie

Famous Views of Japan: Sankeien Garden (Nihon meisho zu-e: Sankeien)

Woodblock print

Fuji from Nakajima Shoen (Banana Garden) by Katsushika Hokusai

Fuji from Nakajima Shoen (Banana Garden)

Woodblock print

Jōruriji-Kyoto by Clifton Karhu

Jōruriji-Kyoto

1974

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Lanterns and Maples by Hiroshi Yoshida

Lanterns and Maples

1963

Woodblock print

Shakujii by Hiroshi Yoshida

Shakujii

1937

Woodblock print, color on paper

Ono, Mito (Mito Ono) by Kawase Hasui

Ono, Mito (Mito Ono)

1949

Color woodblock print; oban

#16. Horikiri by Utagawa Hiroshige

#16. Horikiri

Woodblock print

Nara Park by Kawase Hasui

Nara Park

n.d. [1952]

Color woodblock print

#25. Kameido Tenjin by Utagawa Hiroshige

#25. Kameido Tenjin

Woodblock print

Lanterns by Bertha Lum

Lanterns

Not set

Woodblock print

Onshi Park, Shiba (Shiba Onshi koen) by Kawase Hasui

Onshi Park, Shiba (Shiba Onshi koen)

1937

Color woodblock print; oban

Ikenohana by Hiroshi Yoshida

Ikenohana

1937

Color woodblock print

A Park in Guangzhou by Hiroshi Yoshida

A Park in Guangzhou

1941

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Sankei-en (Later printing by Toshi Yoshida) by Hiroshi Yoshida

Sankei-en (Later printing by Toshi Yoshida)

1935

Woodblock print

Park in Canton by Hiroshi Yoshida

Park in Canton

1941

Woodblock print

On the footbridge by Katsushika Hokusai

On the footbridge

n.d.

Color woodblock print; ebangire, surimono

The Conservatory IV by Naoko Matsubara

The Conservatory IV

1962

Woodblock print, ink on paper

Conservatory I, Shôwa period, dated 1962 by Naoko Matsubara

Conservatory I, Shôwa period, dated 1962

Woodblock print

Kameido by Noël Nouët

Kameido

Woodblock print

Moss No. 4 by Yoshida Masaji

Moss No. 4

1958

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Kyoto Woodcuts by Naoko Matsubara

Kyoto Woodcuts

Woodblock print

#53 Hamacho Park by Sakuichi Fukazawa

#53 Hamacho Park

Woodblock print

Moss (Koke) No. 1, Shôwa period, by Yoshida Masaji

Moss (Koke) No. 1, Shôwa period,

Woodblock print

Hibiya Park by Kanenori Suwa

Hibiya Park

Woodblock print

Katsura (Shôkei), Shôwa period, dated 1965 by Okiie Hashimoto

Katsura (Shôkei), Shôwa period, dated 1965

Shôwa period, 1926-1989

Woodblock print

Yoshida No Series Park In Kyoto by Maruyama Hiroshi

Yoshida No Series Park In Kyoto

Woodblock print

Garden 2 by Manami Ito

Garden 2

Drypoint on copper plate

Hyakkaen by Kitagawa Utamaro

Hyakkaen

Woodblock print

Tivoli 1 by Manami Ito

Tivoli 1

Drypoint on copper plate

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Frequently Asked Questions

Japanese garden scenes in woodblock prints, from the famous moss gardens of Kyoto to intimate courtyard compositions. Garden prints celebrate the Japanese art of cultivated nature, featuring stone lanterns, raked gravel, ponds, and meticulously shaped trees.

Okiie Hashimoto, Kawase Hasui, and Hiroshi Yoshida are among the artists most associated with gardens in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.

Hanga currently catalogues 358 prints tagged with gardens, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.