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
Crossing a Bridge at Night, Tokyo
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Mount Fuji at sunset on the lake in Suruga Province — Sunshu mizuumi nichibotsu no Fuji
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Sacred Bridge — 神橋
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Sumida River
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MT Fuji and Pilgrim — 富士図
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Mandai Bridge in Hinode
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Drawbridge at the entrance of the Imperial Palace.
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![[Czar Nicholas II tightrope walking on a line between three rifles on shore and a sinking ship] by Kobayashi Kiyochika](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/loc/images/00936v.jpg)
[Czar Nicholas II tightrope walking on a line between three rifles on shore and a sinking ship]
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Farce of the lions at stone bridge.
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![As the Japanese bayonets draw nearer to Port Arthur, Russian forces make more desperate [?] for safety by Kobayashi Kiyochika](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/loc/images/00944v.jpg)
As the Japanese bayonets draw nearer to Port Arthur, Russian forces make more desperate [?] for safety
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Hard fighting of the Saikyomaru near the Haiyang Island
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A fight near the coast
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Fuji with Boat at Miho in Sunshu (Shizuoka)
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Untitled- Path to a mountain
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Nishimigawa Hill on Sado Island
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Karikatsu Valley
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Mt Fuji at Dawn
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Fujikawa — 富士川
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Mount Fuji- Clearing after a Snowfall in Oshiono
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Lake Tazawa
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May Rain at Ara River
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Twin Islands at Matsushima
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Mt. Fuji from Banyu River
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Admiral Kabayama, from the series Mirror of Army and Navy Heroes (Rikkai gunjin kômyô kagami)
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Major General Ôdera Crossing the Sanzu River (Ôdera shôshô Sanzugawa o norikiri), and Triumphal Return: Joy of Parents and Children (Gaisen oyako no yorokobi), from the series Comical Art Exhibit of the Sino-Japanese War (Nissei sensô shôraku gakai)
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Great Naval Battle off Haiyang Island and Great Victory at Sunset (Kaiyôtô oki daikaisen tasogare daishôri no zu)
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Our Scout Reconnoiters the Enemy Encampment near the Yalu River (Waga sekkô Ôryokkô fukin ni tekijin o ukagau zu)
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Distant View of Mount Fuji from the Mountains of Hakone (Hakone sanchû yori Fugaku chôbô)
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Rain at Saegusa Bridge in Hakone
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![Distant View of the Bridge, Ichinohashi, From the Great River [Sumida] Embankment (Okawagishi Ichinohashi Enkei) by Kobayashi Kiyochika](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/scholten/images/0c4fe79242d2ac8190803af1002cb651.jpg)
Distant View of the Bridge, Ichinohashi, From the Great River [Sumida] Embankment (Okawagishi Ichinohashi Enkei)
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Lake Biwa
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Lake Biwa
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Lake Biwa
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Lake Biwa
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Lake Biwa
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Lake Biwa
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Landscape at Magome
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The Full Moon Viewed on the Seta Karahashi Bridge — 瀬田唐橋
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The Shinkyo Bridge in Winter
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The Katata Ukimido Temple in the Lake Biwa — 堅田浮御堂
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Moon Over Benten Bridge
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Double Bridge (Tokyo)
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Sukiya Bridge (Tokyo)
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Silent Night at Kamo River
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Fuji 90
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"Shirahama 'Engetsuto' ('Round Moon Island' at Shirahama) / Shin Nihon hyakkei 新日本百景 (One Hundred New Views of Japan, No. 35)"
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Kishu Dorohatcho (River Pool at Dorohatcho, Kishu) / Shin Nihon hyakkei 新日本百景 (One Hundred New Views of Japan, No. 61)
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Evening Rain on the Pine Island, from an untitled series of views of the Mitsubishi villa in Fukagawa
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The Kaminohashi Bridge in Fukagawa, Tokyo (Tôkyô Kaminohashi), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûnidai)
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Kegon Waterfall at Nikkô (Nikkô Kegon no taki)
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The Furukawa River Embankment at Dusk (Kure yuku Furukawa-zutsumi)
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The Bay off Shinagawa (Shinagawa oki), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûnidai)
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The Kintai Bridge in Suô Province (Suô Kintaikyô), from the series Souvenirs of Travel III (Tabi miyage dai sanshû)
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![Moon on the Arakawa River in Akabane (Arakawa no tsuki [Akabane]), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei) by Kawase Hasui](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/images/sc205778.jpg)
Moon on the Arakawa River in Akabane (Arakawa no tsuki [Akabane]), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei)
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Lake Towada (Towada-ko)
1927
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The Sacred Bridge at Nikkô (Nikkô Shinkyô)
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Matsushima Seen from Katsura Island (Katsurashima Matsushima), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshû)
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Evening Shower on Imai Bridge
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Nikko Kegon Waterfall - 華源滝
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Chikubu Island
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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.