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
The Dark Cloud
Wash painting on paper
“Tomatoes”
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Flying over Forest
Woodblock print
Yoshijiro Urushibara (Mokuchu)
Woodblock print
Before a Thunderstorm
March 1920
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Windy day, umbrella
Woodblock print
Early Summer Kurashiki
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Katsura (Shôkei), Shôwa period, dated 1965
Shôwa period, 1926-1989
Woodblock print
Nagase, Yoshiro
Woodblock print
Untitled (shintaro-okazaki)
Woodblock print
Mitoku I (ed. 4/15)
Woodblock print
Lushan
1939
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Kosaka Gajin
Woodblock print
Yoshida No Series Park In Kyoto
Woodblock print
The Dock
1922
Abuto in the Morning, from the series "Abuto"
1930
Color woodblock print
Nagaura Kaido no Ame
Woodblock print
Two Lakes
1921
Rakuhoku in Kyoto
Woodblock print
Afterglow At Shizugatake - 賤ヶ岳残照
1996
Woodblock print
Touches 2J-CSB
1985
Woodblock print, color on paper
Between Moments 5/90
Woodblock print
Affinity
Woodblock print
Minami Keiko
Woodblock print
Wakabayashi
1982
Color woodblock print
Asian Collection Internet Auction
Woodblock print
Japanese Art Open Database
Woodblock print
High Noon
1937
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Utagawa-hiroshige
1834
Woodblock print
Narazaki Eisho (Narazaki Eishô)
Shôwa period, 1926-1989
Woodblock print
Walter Joseph Phillips
Woodblock print
Sunscape
Woodblock print
Tama
Woodblock print
Unknown, house, farm
Woodblock print
Sunrise — 日の出
Not set
Woodblock print
Montmartre
Woodblock print
Asa (Dawn)
Woodblock print
Print from single block
Woodblock print
Cloudscape (16/45)
Woodblock print
Gathering Stones
c. 1982–1984
Color woodblock print
Windscape
風景
2024
Screen printing and digital printing on Somerset paper
Urushibara Mokuchu_
Woodblock print
Harvard Art Museum
Woodblock print
Akutagawa
c. 1801/06
Color woodblock print; kokonotsugiri-ban, surimono
Everything was Alive Here (Koko dewa subete no mono ga ikite ita) A
1957
Color woodblock print
White Wilderness
1920s
Late Evening on the Royal Canal 1
Mokuhanga (Japanese water-based woodblock print)
Wind
Woodblock print
Nightscape
Woodblock print
As mist retreats, Blackthorn stands
Mokuhanga (Japanese water-based woodblock print)
After Hiroshi (For H. Ed. Robison)
1989
Color woodblock print
Homage to Fujio
1981
Color woodblock print
Hodakadake
1926
Woodblock print
Scholten Japanese Art
Woodblock print
Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
Woodblock print
Brilliance of the Forest
Woodblock print
Legion of Honor
Woodblock print
Before the Storm
1915
Color woodblock print
Untitled, farm harvest
Woodblock print
Green and Yellow Landscapes
1947
Color 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.