Landscapes Prints (3812)
Landscapes are the most celebrated subject in Japanese woodblock printmaking, encompassing mountain vistas, coastal panoramas, river valleys, and rural scenes that have defined the genre for centuries. The tradition reached its first peak with Hokusai's "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" (1831) and Hiroshige's "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido" (1833-34), series that established the meisho-e (famous places) format as a cornerstone of ukiyo-e. Shin-hanga artists of the early twentieth century, particularly Kawase Hasui and Hiroshi Yoshida, reinvented the landscape tradition by combining Western atmospheric effects with Japanese compositional sensibilities. Hasui's snow scenes and twilight views of rural Japan became iconic, while Yoshida's mountain studies introduced plein-air observation techniques unprecedented in woodblock printing. Sosaku-hanga artists like Toshi Yoshida and Shiro Kasamatsu further expanded the landscape vocabulary through personal expression and experimental color palettes. Japanese landscape prints typically emphasize seasonal atmosphere, weather conditions, and the interplay between human presence and natural grandeur. The use of bokashi (graduated color) and multiple impression techniques creates depth and luminosity that distinguish woodblock landscapes from other printmaking traditions.
Artists Known for Landscapes
Khyber, 1916
Not set
Woodblock print
Windy Forest, No. 3, Shôwa period, dated 1958
Woodblock print
Untitled (nomura-yoshimitsu)
Woodblock print
Daison Hoki in the Distance
Woodblock print
Fountain of Earth #1
Woodblock print
Changing Seasons
Not dated
Woodblock print
Leaving the Dock
Woodblock print
Musashi Chichibu sanchu 武蔵秩父山中 / Shokoku meisho hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print
Eight Noted Places of Kyoto- Complete Eight-Print Set With Album
Woodblock print
Untitled (okamoto-yoshimi)
Woodblock print
Wonsan, Korea
Woodblock print
Seta Ishiyama
Woodblock print
Kaizu Osaki — 海津大崎の
Woodblock print
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Woodblock print
Kagurazaka - 神楽坂
Woodblock print
Kagurazaka at Ushigome
Woodblock print
Snowstorm
Woodblock print
Sakurajima in Morning Light, Kageshima, Kyushu
Woodblock print
Sesshu Nunobiki no taki 摂州布引の滝 / Shokoku Meisho Hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print
Album
Woodblock print
Kyoto Higashiyama - 京・東山
Woodblock print
Untitled (tekiho-imoto)
Woodblock print
Quiet Reflection
Woodblock print
Hoki Shimotani shinkei 伯耆下谷 真景 / Shokoku meisho hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print
Celyon 1916
Not set
Woodblock print
Kamakura
1916
Woodblock print
Charles W BARTLETT
Not set
Woodblock print
Cincinnati II
20th century
Woodblock print; edition 32/100
Untitled (nomura-yoshimitsu)
Woodblock print
Snow Scenery
雪模様
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Yoshiji よしぢ
Woodblock print
Late fall — 晩秋
Woodblock print
The Bathers
c. 1910
Color woodblock print
Snow Fields
雪野原
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Arashiyama
Woodblock print
A View at Yoyogi
Woodblock print
Boats of Shinagawa
Woodblock print
Untitled, sumi-e 3
Woodblock print
Kakei (Shotei)
Woodblock print
Okabe
c. 1936
Color woodblock print; mitsugiriban
Etchu Tateyama shinkei 越中立山真景 / Shokoku meisho hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print
Muroto Peninsula, Tosa — 土佐室戸岬
Woodblock print
Agra
1916
color woodcut
Iwabuchi
1916
Woodblock print
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Title unknown [Hermit's Cell in a Forest]
1948
Woodblock print, ink on paper
Weeping Beech
Woodblock print
Solitude
Woodblock print
Biwako Breeze
Not set
Woodblock print
Susaki, from
Woodblock print
Kamakura Daibutsu
Woodblock print
Blue Wind
Serigraph (silkscreen)
Ikegami Honmonji
Woodblock print
Mirage
Woodblock print
ASA (morning)
Woodblock print
Breeze Tune (Bronze)
Serigraph (silkscreen) with metallic ink
Bronze Fantasy
Serigraph (silkscreen) with metallic ink
Sado kinzan oku ana no zu 佐渡金山奥穴の図 / Shokoku Meisho Hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print
Copper Fantasy
Serigraph (silkscreen) with metallic ink
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1937
Woodblock print
Untitled (tsuchiya-koitsu)
Woodblock print
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Frequently Asked Questions
Landscapes are the most celebrated subject in Japanese woodblock printmaking, encompassing mountain vistas, coastal panoramas, river valleys, and rural scenes that have defined the genre for centuries. The tradition reached its first peak with Hokusai's "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" (1831) and Hiroshige's "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido" (1833-34), series that established the meisho-e (famous places) format as a cornerstone of ukiyo-e.
Utagawa Hiroshige, Kawase Hasui, and Hiroshi Yoshida are among the artists most associated with landscapes in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 3812 prints tagged with landscapes, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.