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
A scene of Japan-Russo war, triptych, 1904
Woodblock print
Tameike, from
Woodblock print
Kaki no aizu (20), Shôwa period, dated 1976
Woodblock print
Diamond Head, Honolulu
1964
Woodblock print
Poéme No. 22: Leaf and Clouds
1953
Woodblock and object print
Morgen (Morning)
Woodblock print
Volume 4 - 第四編
Woodblock print
Untitled (asada-benji)
Woodblock print
Nabukabira
Woodblock print
Ziel- Pickel
Woodblock print
Devastation
Woodblock print
DAICHI (earth)
Woodblock print
KOUGENNOASA B (morning of tableland B)
Woodblock print
Tennoji shimo Koromogawa
Woodblock print
Hirato Nagasaki, Shôwa period, dated 1965
Woodblock print
Okuno Hosomichi Matsushima Sendai
Woodblock print
Manten no hoshi (Stars of the Whole Sky)
1967
Woodblock print
Untitled (asada-benji)
Woodblock print
Mountaineer With Compass
Woodblock print
Path of the Antelope (Kamoshika no michi)
1960
Ink on paper
Resting Man
1963
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Untitled (takashi-henmi)
Woodblock print
Untitled (takashi-henmi)
Woodblock print
Aspens
Woodblock print
Imado ariake takadone no kei
Woodblock print
Oku no hosomichi Junenji, Sukagawa
1965
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Tahiti (B)
1966
Color woodblock print; edition 10/50
Aoyama, Masaharu
Woodblock print
Untitled (asada-benji)
Woodblock print
Untitled (aoyama-masaharu)
Woodblock print
Man Looking Back
1957
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Unknown- Man and Cloud
Woodblock print
Untitled (takashi-henmi)
Woodblock print
Untitled (takashi-henmi)
Woodblock print
Moored Boats (Ships at Rest)
Woodblock print
Like a Storm
Woodblock print
Imado
Woodblock print
Sunrise at Hyappongui, Ryōgoku, Tokyo
1879 (Meiji 12)
Woodblock print (nishiki-e): ink and color on paper
Sunset at the Mukojima Hyappon-Kui — 向島百本杭の夕焼
Woodblock print
El Capitan
1925
Woodblock print
Ikarugano Sato (A) (Nara)
Woodblock print
Oku no hosomichi Unganji, Kurohane
1965
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
TotalCount
1926
Woodblock print
So Close, So Far — Bridge
2024
Woodblock print on Somerset 100% cotton paper
Untitled (aoyama-masaharu)
Woodblock print
Horseshoe Bend
2023
Etching and aquatint
Unknown- sunbaking
Woodblock print
Volcano Path
1952
Color woodblock print; edition 14/50
Earth's Surface
Woodblock print
HAYASHINOMICHI B (path to the forest B)
Woodblock print
Reservoir
Woodblock print
MORI-NO-MICHI D (Forest Oath D)
Woodblock print
Picture of the Use of Electricity during the Attack on Pyeongyang
October 1894?
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Aizu Fukushima
1963?
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Untitled (aoyama-masaharu)
Woodblock print
Errigal
2022
Aquatint, etching, palladium leaf
Untitled (hodo-nishimura)
Woodblock print
Untitled (hodo-nishimura)
Woodblock print
Untitled (hodo-nishimura)
Woodblock print
Untitled (hodo-nishimura)
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.