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
Fuji from Lake Shoji
Woodblock print
Fuji from Miho no Matsubara
Woodblock print
Fuji From Mizukubo, Evening Scene
Woodblock print
Fuji in Snow
Woodblock print
Inatori Bay in Izu
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
Izumi Bridge in Rain (Izumibashi no ame)
c. 1932
Color woodblock print
Lake at Nikko
Woodblock print
Lake Chuzenji in Autumn
中禅寺湖の秋
c. 1930
Color woodblock print
Lake Kawaguchi
Woodblock print
Lake Motosu
Woodblock print
M14- Mt Fuji in mist- mountain pass in front- Variant
Woodblock print
Bamboo and Mountain
Woodblock print
Moon at Arakawa River
荒川の月
c. 1924
Color woodblock print
Moon from a Harbor
Woodblock print
Waterfall Green
Etching on Hahnemuhle 350 gr paper
Waterfall
Etching on Hahnemuhle 350 gr paper
The Great Bridge at Sanjo in Kyoto
Woodblock print
Grand Bridge of Matsue in Shimane
1941
Color woodblock print
Biwa-ko (Lake Biwa) / Shin Nihon hyakkei 新日本百景 (One Hundred New Views of Japan, No. 12)
Woodblock print
Kawaguchi Lake Shore in Koshu District (Koshu Kawaguchi kohan)
1930
Woodblock print
Kizaki Lake in the Afternoon (Gogo no Kizakiko)
1959
Woodblock print
Lake Aoki
1927
Woodcut print
Lake Kizaki in Shinshu (Modern) (Shinshu kizakiko)
1927
Woodcut print
Lakeside at the Byödö-In
Woodblock print
Matsue Tenjin River (Matsue Tenjingawa)
1923
Woodcut print
Megane Bridge in Nagasaki
Woodblock print
Mount Fuji from Kumoni Izu
1970
Woodblock print
Mount Fuji in Early Morning from Lake Hakone
20th century
Woodblock print
Mountain Stream at Hida, Gifu Prefecture
1958
Woodblock print
Mountains of Izumo, Shimane Prefecture
1932
Color woodblock print
Mt Fuji at Dawn
1959
Woodblock print
Mexican Valley (Artist's Proof), Shôwa period, 1966
Woodblock print
Castle Tower above a Lake
1989
Color stencil print
Rain on the Tama River
1929
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Road to Izumo Mountain Hot Spring
1942
Color woodblock print
Saruhashi Bridge in Kai
Woodblock print
Soyangsa Temple in Inner Diamond Mountain (Nae Keum Kang), Korea
1940
Woodblock print
SUKIYA-BASHI (Sukiya Bridge)
Woodblock print
Ujibashi Bridge to the Grand Shrine of Ise, Mie
1942
Woodblock print
Fujisawa: Pampas Grass Road
Woodblock print
Hakone: Mt. Fuji over the Lake
Woodblock print
Benkeibashi Bridge, from the series Recollections of Tokyo
1945
Color woodblock print
Monk at a Mountain Temple
20th century
Color woodblock print
Temple Compound in the Mountains
Woodblock print
Fuchu: Abe River
Woodblock print
Fujisawa
Woodblock print
Hara: Roof-tile Reflections of Mt. Fuji
Woodblock print
Kakegawa: Mountain-Top Kannon
Woodblock print
Minakuchi: Twilight River
Woodblock print
Narumi: Snowflake Tie-dye Wholesale Store
Woodblock print
Öikawa River: The Puppet Master, Bungorö with a Bunraku Puppet
Woodblock print
Okazaki: Castle and Sugö Bridge
Woodblock print
Sakanoshita: Morning at the Mountain Top
Woodblock print
Yoshiwara: Mt. Fuji and Cherry Blossoms
Woodblock print
Yui: Mt. Fuji through the Window
Woodblock print
Girls on the Shore, Fukuura- Fukuura Hama no Musume
Woodblock print
Imaibashi Bridge in Late Autumn
Woodblock print
Mallard Ducks in Coastal Scene
Woodblock print
Shinobazu Lake in Tokyo, Shôwa period, dated 1932
Woodblock print
Large-head Kabuki Portraits: Nakamura Jakuemon as the Wisteria Maiden (Kabuki okubi-e: Nakuamura Jakuemon- Fuji Musume)
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.