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
Four Miniature Prints
Woodblock print
Roofs in Nagasaki
Woodblock print
SUSUKI (tall grass)
Woodblock print
Introduction, with vignette after Brangwyn
1919
Imagination 47
Woodblock print
Cape - A
January 1963
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Morning 92
Woodblock print
Mou
Woodblock print
Unknown
Not set
Woodblock print
Tojinbo Cliff
Woodblock print
Kagoshima - Famous, Sacred and Historical Places
Woodblock print
Untitled (asada-benji)
Woodblock print
Distant Memory 32
Woodblock print
Enclosure (3)
1965
Color woodblock print; edition 10/30
Enclosure 32
1967
Color woodblock print; edition 7/50
The Morning is Coming - October
Woodcut
Dorokyo Water Gauge
Woodblock print
Picnic
mid 20th century
Woodblock print, ink on paper
Retour de la Jungle, Tondao: Celebes
1948
Woodblock print
Wild Geese
1920
Woodblock print
Myougiyama
Woodblock print
Enclosure 36
Woodblock print
Morning 13
Woodblock print
A Path through the Forest B
Woodblock print
Galloping Horses
Woodblock print
Surface of the Earth A
1967
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
voage#7
Woodcut
Morning Mist II
1985
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Ine
Woodblock print
Dirt
Woodblock print
Cactus. Mers du Sud
1941
Woodblock print
Sumizuri-e (black and white print)
Woodblock print
Flowing Water
Woodblock print
Enclosure 11
Woodblock print
Shadow of the Sunset
Woodblock print
KOUGEN NO ASA B (Highlands in the Morning)
Woodblock print
Embrace
Giclee print
Tozinbo
Woodblock print
Lighthouse at Shima
Woodblock print
Mad Clouds — あかね雲
Woodblock print
Untitled (kiyoshi-nakajima)
Woodblock print
Untitled (kiyoshi-nakajima)
Woodblock print
The Rock of Jokadj, Ponape, East Carolines 148/150
1936
Woodblock print
The Star of the Gobi, Mongolia 54/350
1951
Woodblock print
For Japan
1958
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Explorers
Woodblock print
Mount Karabitsu
Woodblock print
Morning 35
Woodblock print
Kitaoka Fumio
Woodblock print
The Other Road
Woodcut, water-based ink
Untitled (yuhan-ito)
Woodblock print
Bergers des Hautes Montagnes - Coree...
April 20, 1941
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Yui Satsuta Touge
Woodblock print
Morning 11
Woodblock print
Rainbow XX
Silkscreen
Rainbow
Silkscreen
Wakura Watatsuki
Woodblock print
Banshu House with Low Wall
Woodblock print
Green Green
1995, unlimited
Woodblock print
Morning 15
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.