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
Work B
Woodblock print
Untitled (kazuma-oda)
Woodblock print
Mount Amagi Imperial Forest, Izu
1935
Color woodblock print
Mount Myogi at Sunset, Gunma Prefecture (Kareyuku Myogi)
1958
Woodblock print
Tranquility
Woodblock print
Unichi Hiratsuka (1895-1997)
Woodblock print
Yoshiwara
Woodblock print
Iizaka- Fukushima
Woodblock print
HOUSE AT OKUTAMA
Woodblock print
Kasumigaseki
c. 1830–35
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Untitled (yoshida-masaji)
Woodblock print
Tear Stone
Woodblock print
Untitled (ryusei-okamoto)
Woodblock print
Following the Dawn Mist
Woodblock print
Musashi Arashiyama
Woodblock print
At Fenghuangcheng, Picture of Generals and Their Men Engaged in a Hard Struggle
November 1894
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Eko
Woodblock print
A Watermill Affixed to a Shed
Woodblock print
Untitled (hodo-nishimura)
Woodblock print
Roofs of Paris, 1956
Woodblock print
Farm Shed
Woodblock print
Mitate No.19 - Sunset (Raku-jitsu)
1999
Horses in the Afternoon
Woodblock print
Uzen Akakura
Woodblock print
Untitled (kazuma-oda)
Woodblock print
Dai Nippon Meisho kan
1878
Woodblock print
Fishing in the Morning Mist
Woodblock print
Land of the Pygmies (Kojin koku)
Fifth month of 1863
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Morning Mist in Taj Mahal, No. 5 (Taji Maharu no asagiri, dai go)
Taji Maharu no asagiri, dai go
1932
Color woodblock print; double oban
Pine on Doi Island
Woodblock print
Mitate No.23 - Pine Woods (Mura-matsu)
1999
Arashiyama - 嵐山
Woodblock print
Inubozaki Cape, Inubo Point
Woodblock print
Morning Waves
Woodblock print
Koko
1939
Color woodblock print
five horses running
Woodblock print
Brilliance
1968
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Echigo Kashiwazaki, Niigata
Woodblock print
Naruko Hot Springs
Woodblock print
Ito, Nisaburo
Woodblock print
Cliff range
Woodblock print
Yuigahama
1863, 5th lunar month
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
print / kakemono-e
Woodblock print
Grief of Mountaineer
1957
Hunter
Woodblock print
Untitled (kazuma-oda)
Woodblock print
Untitled (kazuma-oda)
Woodblock print
Golden Pavillion in the mist
Woodblock print
Mitate No.21 - Clouds (Kumo)
1999
Mitate No.4 Old Pine (Oi-matsu)
1998
Running Horses B (Sôma B), Shôwa period, dated 1967
Woodblock print
Triptych: Great Victory for the Japanese Army at P'yōng Yang (Nichigun Heijō taisho no zu)
Meiji period, dated 1894
Woodblock printed "ōban"-sized triptych; ink and color on paper
Sunset Glow
Woodblock print
Mari Tahei hunting tigers
Woodblock print
Complete account of the chastisement at Kagoshima
1877
Wedding Rocks- Futamigaura
Woodblock print
Hayase
Woodblock print
No Series Yasaka Neighborhood
Woodblock print
Print 1
Woodblock print
Hunter and Rifle
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.