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
Morning 12
Woodblock print
DAICHI (earth)
Woodblock print
MORINOMICHI C (Path to the Forest C)
Woodblock print
KOUGENNOASA B (morning of tableland B)
Woodblock print
White Cloak
Lithograph
Spring
Woodblock print
Radiance
Poured washi with phosphorescent pigments
Moon at Riverside
Woodblock print
The Tale Of Genji Usu Gumo A Wreath Of Cloud
Woodblock print
Oonuma Koen kara Koma-ga-take
Woodblock print
White Morning
20/200, 2005
Woodblock print
Morning 39
Woodblock print
Silence D
Woodblock print
Biwako Blue
Poured washi with phosphorescent pigments
Crescent
Poured washi with phosphorescent pigments
Effervescence
Poured washi with phosphorescent pigments
Layered Moonlight
Poured washi with phosphorescent pigments
Rainbow
にじ
Silkscreen
Moonlight
Etching
Fox Moon
Woodblock print
Rainbow Rousseau - Pierre Loti's Cat
Silkscreen
Rainbow
Woodblock print
Winter
Woodblock print
View from There - 3
Etching
Blue Night
Woodblock print with collagraph and metallic leaf
Moon Coloring 1
Woodblock print
Moon Coloring 2
Woodblock print
Feel the Wind Autumn
Etching with chine colle
Intervals between Rain
Etching with chine colle
Waterview 2008-1
Etching with chine colle
A Field Clock
Woodblock print
Rainfall
Mokuhanga on washi
Riddled Ripples - Gihon River
Color woodblock print (mokuhanga)
Shifting Tides
Mokuhanga on washi
Night Flights
Mokuhanga on washi
Tempest
Reduction mokuhanga on Awagami Hanga Pro washi
Port Darwin - Reflecting Stokes, 1839
Mokuhanga on washi
Landscape
Mokuhanga on washi (goma-zuri and kira-zuri techniques)
Harbour Squall
Mokuhanga on washi
Storm Brewing - Kings Table
Mokuhanga on washi
Night Garden (Green and Pink)
Mokuhanga on washi
Infotropolis/Shinjuku (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century)
Lithograph
Shitaya, Twelve Views of Tokyo
Woodblock print
Deshima (Twelve Views of Nagasaki)
Woodblock print
Ueno
Woodblock print
Asukayama
Woodblock print
Oji-takinokawa
Woodblock print
Horikiri
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Asukayama Hill
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Dokanyama Hill
Woodblock print
The Acropolis Ruins, Morning
Woodblock print
The Jungfrau
Woodblock print
The Matterhorn
Woodblock print
Critical park 2022
2022
Lithograph on paper
The Road of Water
湧水に行く道
2024
Lithograph
forest summer
2024
Lithograph
Traditional Townscape at Tondabayashi
2023
Woodcut
Ablaze with autumn leaves, Mt. Jonen is now crowned with snow
2025
Silkscreen
Poem of Twilight 11
2025
Woodcut
Mt. White A
2024
Woodcut
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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.