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Music Prints (181)

Artists Known for Music

Kagamijishi (lion dance) by Hasegawa Sadanobu III

Kagamijishi (lion dance)

Woodblock print

Maiko and Japanese drum by Hasegawa Sadanobu III

Maiko and Japanese drum

Woodblock print

Maiko Girl, dancing by Hasegawa Sadanobu III

Maiko Girl, dancing

Woodblock print

Dancing Girl by Lantern by Kanpo Yoshikawa

Dancing Girl by Lantern

Woodblock print

Young Dancer Hinazo by Kanpo Yoshikawa

Young Dancer Hinazo

Woodblock print

Lake Biwa by Kotozuka Eiichi

Lake Biwa

Not set

Woodblock print

No Series Bijin Playing Battledore by Chigusa Kotani

No Series Bijin Playing Battledore

Woodblock print

Goblin Dance by Bertha Lum

Goblin Dance

1912

Color woodcut

Seated Javanese Dancer, 1933 by Bertha Lum

Seated Javanese Dancer, 1933

1933

Woodblock print

Chapter 37- The Flute - 横笛 by Maeda Masao

Chapter 37- The Flute - 横笛

Woodblock print

Aloneness (Hitori to iu koto) by Ansei Uchima

Aloneness (Hitori to iu koto)

1960

Color woodblock print

Fuye (Flute) by Ansei Uchima

Fuye (Flute)

Woodblock print

Music (Who Play A) by Takahashi Rikio

Music (Who Play A)

1960

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Musician, Greenwich Village, New York by Takahashi Rikio

Musician, Greenwich Village, New York

Woodblock print

Chapter 37- The Flute - 横笛 by Ebina Masao

Chapter 37- The Flute - 横笛

Woodblock print

Mitate No.67 - Drum (Tsuzumi) by Nana Shiomi

Mitate No.67 - Drum (Tsuzumi)

2004

Print

Mitate No.68 - Strings (Biwa) by Nana Shiomi

Mitate No.68 - Strings (Biwa)

2004

Print

I See Us Dancing by Micah Schwaberow

I See Us Dancing

c. 1982–1984

Color woodblock print

Playing Fish B by Amano Kunihiro

Playing Fish B

Woodblock print

Yakase Bridge, from the series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (ōmi hakkei) by Ito Shinsui

Yakase Bridge, from the series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (ōmi hakkei)

1917

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dancing Fox by Ohara Koson

Dancing Fox

1900–1910s

Color woodblock print

Playing cats by Takahashi Shotei

Playing cats

Woodblock print

two Japanese men playing darts at night by Takahashi Shotei

two Japanese men playing darts at night

Woodblock print

Odori (Dance) by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi

Odori (Dance)

1931

Woodblock print

The Dancer by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi

The Dancer

Not set

Woodblock print

Western style dancing by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi

Western style dancing

1934

Woodblock print

Dancing Haniwa by Saito Kiyoshi

Dancing Haniwa

Woodblock print

Music by Hideo Hagiwara

Music

Woodblock print

Music Performance by Hideo Hagiwara

Music Performance

Woodblock print

Birds Dance by Fumio Kitaoka

Birds Dance

Woodblock print

By Request, Picture of Fujiwara Yasumasa Playing the Flute by Moonlight, a Painting Shown at the Exhibition for the Advancement of Painting in Autumn 1882 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

By Request, Picture of Fujiwara Yasumasa Playing the Flute by Moonlight, a Painting Shown at the Exhibition for the Advancement of Painting in Autumn 1882

February 1883

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Dance of the Harvest Festival (Hônen mansaku odori) by Kawanabe Kyosai

Dance of the Harvest Festival (Hônen mansaku odori)

Woodblock print

Mother and Child Playing with Dog by Kawanabe Kyosai

Mother and Child Playing with Dog

Woodblock print

Old Catfish (Oinamazu): Geisha Playing Samisen and Clown Imitating Catfish by Kawanabe Kyosai

Old Catfish (Oinamazu): Geisha Playing Samisen and Clown Imitating Catfish

Woodblock print

Dancing Girl, from the series Activities of Women by Ogata Gekko

Dancing Girl, from the series Activities of Women

Woodblock print

Shizuka’s dance by Ogata Gekko

Shizuka’s dance

Woodblock print

Beauty with a Cat playing with a String of flags by Toyohara Chikanobu

Beauty with a Cat playing with a String of flags

Woodblock print

Bijin playing battledore by Takehisa Yumeji

Bijin playing battledore

Woodblock print

Bookplate design [woman playing shamisen] by Takehisa Yumeji

Bookplate design [woman playing shamisen]

1910s–1930s

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

High Climb, woman with shamisen by Takehisa Yumeji

High Climb, woman with shamisen

Woodblock print

Maihime- Dancer — 舞姫 by Takehisa Yumeji

Maihime- Dancer — 舞姫

Woodblock print

Kameido Tenjin Taiko-bashi / Shokoku Meikyo Kiran by Katsushika Hokusai

Kameido Tenjin Taiko-bashi / Shokoku Meikyo Kiran

Woodblock print

Staff-Waving Dance by Katsushika Hokusai

Staff-Waving Dance

c. 1790

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Kasumigaseki, from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Koto meisho)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Kasumigaseki, from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Koto meisho)"

c. 1832/34

Color woodblock print; oban

Visiting the Fudo Temple in Meguro (Meguro Fudo mode), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Koto meisho)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Visiting the Fudo Temple in Meguro (Meguro Fudo mode), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Koto meisho)"

c. 1832/34

Color woodblock print; oban

Koman swimming, with the Minamoto banner in Lake Biwa, is attacked by Sanemori in a Taira barge. by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Koman swimming, with the Minamoto banner in Lake Biwa, is attacked by Sanemori in a Taira barge.

Woodblock print

Untitled [musicians performing Owara-bushi] by Amano Kazumi

Untitled [musicians performing Owara-bushi]

late 1950s

Woodblock print, ink on paper

Sad Whistle — 悲しき口笛 by Shimura Tatsumi

Sad Whistle — 悲しき口笛

1996

Woodblock print

India Nautch Dancers by Charles W. Bartlett

India Nautch Dancers

1923

Woodblock print

Lonely Song by Mizufune Rokushu

Lonely Song

20th century

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Hitori dake no ongakkai, C (Concert of One, C) by Reika Iwami

Hitori dake no ongakkai, C (Concert of One, C)

1967

Woodblock print

Impression of a Violinist by Onchi Koshiro

Impression of a Violinist

ヴァイオリニストの印象

1946

Color woodblock print

Tone by Mitsuaki Sora

Tone

Woodblock print

Seventh song (part 9) by Amano Kazumi

Seventh song (part 9)

July 1957

Woodblock print, ink on paper

Fourth song (part 6) by Amano Kazumi

Fourth song (part 6)

July 1957

Woodblock print, ink on paper

Song of Departure by Mitsuaki Sora

Song of Departure

Woodblock print

Song of Water S by Reika Iwami

Song of Water S

1971

Woodblock print

Chorus by Amano Kazumi

Chorus

1967

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper with embossing

Second song (part 4) by Amano Kazumi

Second song (part 4)

July 1957

Woodblock print, ink on paper

Imayo (Modern) 19 by Okamoto Yoshimi

Imayo (Modern) 19

Woodblock print

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Hasegawa Sadanobu III, Takehisa Yumeji, and Amano Kazumi are among the artists most associated with music in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.

Hanga currently catalogues 181 prints tagged with music, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.