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
Exodus; Night
2018
Etching and Digital Collage on Rag Paper
Katsuyama Cabbage Field
2020
Woodblock, Other
Field of Wind 99-G08
2002
Acrylic on paper with lead collage
View from a Window
1904
Woodblock Print
Spring in Dejima
1986
Woodcut with 1 plate (1 color)
Folded Landscape
2020
Woodcut
After the Rain
1986
Color woodcut
Views of Osaka: Harbour (Moonlit Night)
1919
Lithograph
Views of Osaka: Kyomachi Canal
1919
Lithograph
Blue Pond
2016
Cold Night
2015
Archival Pigment Print
Green Green Field
2015
Archival Pigment Print
The Monkey Bridge in Winter
1939
Japanese Color Woodblock Print
Night at Nihonbashi
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Enjoy the Spring Scenery with Guests
2013
Chinese brush painting
The Lotus Pond #1
2013
Chinese brush painting
Seven suns & seven moons
2020
Woodblock,Other
Still moons, 24.03.20 - 23.05.20
2021
Woodblock
The moon and the sledgehammer
2016
Serigraphy, woodcut and chine collé
Scene on the beach
1970
Lithograph in colours on wove
Fishing Village in Lake Tai
2011
Chinese brush painting
Mountain #4
2014
Chinese brush painting
Village by the Stream
2014
Chinese brush painting
Gathering Wildflowers in the Forest
1899
Woodblock Print
Field's Edge
2025
Multi-Plate Linocut Relief Print
Forecast: Rain, Locally Heavy at Times
2018
Reductive Linocut Relief Print
Radiata Moon
2023
Multi-Block Linocut Relief Print
View from the Top
2021
Multi-Plate Reductive Linocut Relief Print
Nana Shiomi The Sound of Waterfall, Jumper
Woodcut (in the ukiyo-e tradition)
VIEW - Clockwise
2007
Woodcut in colours
Time and Tide | Sliver Moon
2024
Monotype print on washi
Autumn Grasses
1900
Woodblock print, or color woodcut, on Japan paper
Bridge (Hashi)
Mokuhanga and collage on wood board
Fields of Toki
2020
Woodblock
Kanjuji In Snow
2009
Woodblock
Pine Field at Miho
2013
Woodblock on washi paper
Portland Japanese Garden In the Snow
2017
Woodblock
South Island Festival Girl
1982
Woodblock
Katsura Kyoto (L)
1964
Woodblock print on paper
Encompass
2018
Pastel on paper
Hunter's Moon
2020
Japanese Woodcut
New Moon
2020
Monotype
Passage Through
2013
Intaglio & woodblock
Sea Change
2017
Pastel on paper
Stream
1986
Intaglio Print
Pagoda in Evening Rain (Yanaka, Tokyo)/雨に暮れるる塔
1932
Woodblock Print
Landscape
1900
Ink and Color on Silk
Diary: Nov. 24th, ‘98, in Ueno Park,
1998
Woodcut and silkscreen, FTG 398.
Forest in Spring
N/A
One Hundred Views of Kyoto: Shimabara
Woodblock Print
Snow (Yuki)
1929
Woodblock Print
Kofukuji Temple
1937
Woodblock Print
Rainy Miyajima
1941
Woodblock Print
Inaba Mountain Moon
1885
Woodblock Print
Reflected Moonlight
1886
Woodblock Print
Mount Fuji from Mizukubo
1891
Woodblock print
Brett's Nightmare: A Jury of His Peers
2024
Color woodblock
Sonia on the Hill
2025
Color woodblock
福建省(厦門) Fujian Province (Xiamen)
2001
C-print
福建省(厦門) Fujian Province (Xiamen)
2011
C-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.