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
Autumn Of Lakesides
Woodblock print
Misty Evening on the Shore of Shinobazu Pond (second impression)
霞む夕 不忍池畔
1932
Color woodblock print
Moon Over Zaimoku Island at Marsushima
Woodblock print
Japanese Print by Kitaoka Fumio, 北岡文雄 (FUJITA, Fumio)
Woodblock print
Sacred Bridge at Nikko
日光 神橋
1941
Color woodblock print
Japanese Print by Kitaoka Fumio, 北岡文雄 (Fujita, Fumio)
Woodblock print
Japanese Print by Kitaoka Fumio, 北岡文雄 (Fujita, Fumio)
Woodblock print
Japanese Print by Kitaoka Fumio, 北岡文雄 (Fujita, Fumio)
Woodblock print
Japanese Print by Kitaoka Fumio, 北岡文雄 (Fujita, Fumio)
Woodblock print
Japanese Print by Kitaoka Fumio, 北岡文雄 (Fujita, Fumio)
Woodblock print
Japanese Print by Kitaoka Fumio, 北岡文雄 (Fujita, Fumio)
Woodblock print
Japanese Print by Kitaoka Fumio, 北岡文雄 (Fujita, Fumio)
Woodblock print
A Mountain Path B
Woodblock print
Thatched roofs in mountain village
Woodblock print
Woman Red with White Chrysanthemums, from the series The Appearance of Upper-Class Women of the Edo period (Tokugawa jidai kifujin no sugata)
Meiji period, dated October 1895
Woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
Snowy River
1920
Woodblock print
New Snow at the Sacred Bridge in Nikko
Woodblock print
New Snow at the Sacred Bridge in Nikko
Woodblock print
New Snow at the Sacred Bridge in Nikko
Woodblock print
New Snow at the Sacred Bridge in Nikko
Woodblock print
Dusk in Ginza (Fujisawa mokuhan calendar 1949)
Woodblock print
Hara: A Line at the Foot of Mt. Fuji, Munakata's Tokaido Road
Woodblock print
Over the Mountain (Uto hanga-kan)
Woodblock print
Night Falls, a Dog Howls Deep in the Mountains
Woodblock print
Shijo Bridge in Kyoto from the Rivers Series
Woodblock print
Night Shower at Izumi Bridge
Woodblock print
Fuji from a temple balcony
Woodblock print
Bridge with Snow
Woodblock print
Illustration of the Death-Defying Squad of Captain Osawa and Seven Others from the Crew of the Warship Yaeyama Pushing Forward in Rongcheng Bay (Yaeyamakan norikumi Ôsawa taiira shichimei no kesshitai Eijôwan ni funshin suru zu)
Woodblock print
Infantrist Fujino Kunimatsu …
March 1895
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Infantryman Fujita Ukichi …
June 1895
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Sakawa Bridge in Evening
Woodblock print
FUJIMUSUME (wisteria daughter)
Woodblock print
Friend of the Mountain
Woodblock print
Mountain Climber
Woodblock print
Hotsugawa Kudari- Drifting the Hotsu River
Woodblock print
Lake and Waterfalls - woodblock
Woodblock print
The Moon Bridge at Kameido
1914
Color woodcut on paper
No Series A Town As The Moon Is Rising Over The Mountains
Woodblock print
No Series Mt Fuji
Woodblock print
Bird on seashore
Woodblock print
Snow White Mountain (Xuebai shanqiu)
1998
Woodcut printed with water-soluble ink
A Ferry on the Sumida River in the Cherry Season
Woodblock print
Sunset on Suruga bay
Woodblock print
Flying Feather over Lake Mountain No. 9 (Hane tobu koyama No. 9)
Color woodblock print
SHORE BIRD
Color Etching
#4 Sukiya Bridge at Night (To be Sold as a Complete Set of 6)
Woodblock print
Senju Waterfall, Akame (Akame Senjudaki)
Akame Senjudaki
1951
Color woodblock print
Ame no Shimoda Fuji
Woodblock print
Some River, Koshu (Koshu Somegawa), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Koshu Somegawa
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Woman of the Island, from the series "New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties"
1922
Color woodblock print
Yanagi Willow on the Bank of the Misa River
Woodblock print
Snowflake
雪
1923
Color woodblock print
Yanagi Willow on the Bank of the Misogi River at Nanao
Woodblock print
Shichiri Beach (Shichirigahama), from the series "Landscapes Prints (Gashu fukei hanga)"
1932
Color lithograph
Harbor of the Black Sea (Kurodumi no funatsukiba), Shôwa period,
Woodblock print
Pisa Bridge (Pisa no hashi), Shôwa period, dated 1962
Woodblock print
River at Hiroshima
1957
River (Kawa)
1960
Color woodblock print; edition 1/4
Fuji Musume- Wisteria Girl
Not set
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.