Music Prints (181)
Artists Known for Music

Kagamijishi (lion dance)
Woodblock print

Maiko and Japanese drum
Woodblock print

Maiko Girl, dancing
Woodblock print

Dancing Girl by Lantern
Woodblock print

Young Dancer Hinazo
Woodblock print

Lake Biwa
Not set
Woodblock print

No Series Bijin Playing Battledore
Woodblock print

Goblin Dance
1912
Color woodcut

Seated Javanese Dancer, 1933
1933
Woodblock print

Chapter 37- The Flute - 横笛
Woodblock print

Aloneness (Hitori to iu koto)
1960
Color woodblock print

Fuye (Flute)
Woodblock print

Music (Who Play A)
1960
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Musician, Greenwich Village, New York
Woodblock print

Chapter 37- The Flute - 横笛
Woodblock print

Mitate No.67 - Drum (Tsuzumi)
2004

Mitate No.68 - Strings (Biwa)
2004

I See Us Dancing
c. 1982–1984
Color woodblock print

Playing Fish B
Woodblock print
Yakase Bridge, from the series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (ōmi hakkei)
1917
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dancing Fox
1900–1910s
Color woodblock print

Playing cats
Woodblock print

two Japanese men playing darts at night
Woodblock print

Odori (Dance)
1931
Woodblock print

The Dancer
Not set
Woodblock print

Western style dancing
1934
Woodblock print

Dancing Haniwa
Woodblock print

Music
Woodblock print

Music Performance
Woodblock print

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
February 1883
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Dance of the Harvest Festival (Hônen mansaku odori)
Woodblock print

Mother and Child Playing with Dog
Woodblock print

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

Dancing Girl, from the series Activities of Women
Woodblock print

Shizuka’s dance
Woodblock print

Beauty with a Cat playing with a String of flags
Woodblock print

Bijin playing battledore
Woodblock print
![Bookplate design [woman playing shamisen] by Takehisa Yumeji](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/132724.jpg)
Bookplate design [woman playing shamisen]
1910s–1930s
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

High Climb, woman with shamisen
Woodblock print

Maihime- Dancer — 舞姫
Woodblock print

Kameido Tenjin Taiko-bashi / Shokoku Meikyo Kiran
Woodblock print

Staff-Waving Dance
c. 1790
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

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)"
c. 1832/34
Color woodblock print; oban

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](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135476.jpg)
Untitled [musicians performing Owara-bushi]
late 1950s
Woodblock print, ink on paper

Sad Whistle — 悲しき口笛
1996
Woodblock print

India Nautch Dancers
1923
Woodblock print

Lonely Song
20th century
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Hitori dake no ongakkai, C (Concert of One, C)
1967
Woodblock print

Impression of a Violinist
ヴァイオリニストの印象
1946
Color woodblock print

Tone
Woodblock print

Seventh song (part 9)
July 1957
Woodblock print, ink on paper

Fourth song (part 6)
July 1957
Woodblock print, ink on paper

Song of Departure
Woodblock print

Song of Water S
1971
Woodblock print

Chorus
1967
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper with embossing

Second song (part 4)
July 1957
Woodblock print, ink on paper

Imayo (Modern) 19
Woodblock print
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Frequently Asked Questions
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.




