Landscapes Prints (4044)
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
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Distant View of Tsukiji-monzeki Temple
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Evening View of Asakusa Park
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Morning View of Ayasegawa River
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Night View of Cherry Blossom on Mukojima
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Night View of Matsuchiyama Hill
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Night View of Shinbashi Station
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Night View of Sujikai Street
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Night View of Sumidagawa River
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Night View of Yanagibashi Bridge in the Rain
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: View from Asakusabashi Bridge at Sunset
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: View of Nijubashi Bridge at the Imperial Castle
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: View of Ohashi Bridge from Mannenbashi Bridge
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: View of Shin-Yoshiwara Licensed Quarter
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: View of the One Hundred Piles at Ryogoku
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: View of Toranomon from Shibakuchi
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: View of Yorozuyobashi Bridge in the Rain
Woodblock print
SUMINOKA, snow landscape
Woodblock print
YATSUDOKI (landscape)
Woodblock print
Evening Bell at Mii Temple (Mii bansho), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei no uchi)"
c. 1834
Color woodblock print; oban
SANSUI (landscape)
Woodblock print
Koume Embankment
A View of Mt. Fuji
Woodblock print
Descending Geese for Bunshichi (Bunshichi no rakugan), from the series "Eight Views of Elegant Gallants (Furyu otokodate hakkei)"
1781/89
Color woodblock print; chuban
Spring Field
1964
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
The Willow Tree at the Gate of Shimabara Pleasure Quarter (Shimabara deguchi no yanagi), from the series “Famous Views of Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"
c. 1834
Color woodblock print; oban
Keijo (Seoul) / Nihon fukei hanga dai-hachi shu Chosen no bu (Landscape Prints of Japan, Series Eight, Korea)
Woodblock print
Nihonbashi (Japan Bridge) / Tokyo junikei (Twelve Views of Tokyo)
Woodblock print
Twelve Views of Tokyo: Asakusa
Woodblock print
Twelve Views of Tokyo: Twelve Views of Tokyo (Tokyo Junikei: Tokyo Junikei)
Woodblock print
Yanagibashi Bridge, from the series Twelve Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô jûni kei)
Woodblock print
![Cloudy Day at Matsue in Izumo Province (Izumo Matsue [kumoribi]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/80666b94-49f5-a25f-4092-f5e7828ad48f/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Cloudy Day at Matsue in Izumo Province (Izumo Matsue [kumoribi]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
Izumo Matsue [kumoribi]
1924
Color woodblock print; oban
Chongseokjeong, from the series "Eight Views of Korea" (Chosen hakkei, Sosekitei)
October 1939
Color woodblock print
Night View of Beppu
Woodblock print
Twelve Views Of Kyoto Cherry Blossoms Heian Shrine
Woodblock print
View of Autumn at Takao
Woodblock print
A Spring picnic in the field
Woodblock print
Mountain Gorge in Autumn
Woodblock print
Mt Asama from the rice-field
Woodblock print
Suhara, Kiso, from the series "Selection of Views of Japan (Nihon fukei senshu)"
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
Cherry Blossoms in Rain at Arashiyama, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
Daimonji-yama, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
Women of Ôhara (Ôharame), from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
City View of Bridge and Willows
Not set
Woodblock print
In a Temple Yard, from the series "Eight Views of Cherry Blossoms"
1935
Color woodblock print
Rapids
1928
Color woodblock print
The Village of Yoshida (Yoshida mura), from the series "Ten Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji jukkei)"
Yoshida mura
1926
Color woodblock print
Unknown Farm woman tilling field
Not set
Woodblock print
No Series Asian Countryside Scene
Woodblock print
No Series Side View Of The Us Embassy In Japan
Woodblock print
New Views of Japan (Sapporo area)
Woodblock print
Rain at Mount Moiwa (Ame no Moiwayama), from the series "Eight Views of Sapporo (Sapporo hakkei)"
1932
Color woodblock print
SANSUI (landscape)
Woodblock print
View of Mount Fuji from Lake Ashi
20th century
Color woodblock print
View of Nakajima in autumn
Woodblock print
Tokyo West-Baiu (Rainy season) (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ)
1989-99
Color woodblock print
Valley of Butterflies (Tanima no cho)
1979
Photoetching and color woodblock print; artist’s proof
Mexican Valley (Artist's Proof), Shôwa period, 1966
Woodblock print
Green Field
1985–92
Color mezzotint
Landscape
n.d.
Mezzotint on white wove paper
Red Field
1985–91
Color mezzotint
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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 4044 prints tagged with landscapes, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.