Mythology Prints (233)
Mythological and legendary subjects in Japanese woodblock prints, featuring characters from Japanese folklore, ghost stories (kaidan), supernatural beings (yokai), and tales from classical literature like The Tale of Genji and The Tale of the Heike.
Artists Known for Mythology
Glaukos
1965
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Aoi
Woodblock print
Midas
Shōwa period, dated 1965?
Woodblock print; ink on paper with signature reading "Hideo Hagiwara"
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Yoshitoshi's Ghosts (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Yoshitoshi no Bakemono)
Woodblock print
Aoi
Woodblock print
Kumadori (Namazu)
Artist Proof, 2002
Woodblock print
Return of the Prodigal Son
Woodblock print
Kwannon
Woodblock print
Tokyo Tower
Etching, aquatint, drypoint, and roulette
Illustrations for Genji Monogatari (54)
Woodblock print
Mask
Woodblock print
Seven Gods of Good Fortune
Woodblock print
Demon King
Woodblock print
The Dragon's Gift
Woodblock print
Peonies
Etching with chine colle
Kitsune
Mokuhanga woodcut
Phoenix Park Stag
Mokuhanga
Ghost with Sword
Woodblock print
Female Ghost (Complete Works of Chikamatsu)
Woodblock print
Princess Tatsuta
Woodblock print
harmonic II
2025
Lithograph
harmonic
2024
Lithograph
2009 RIV（黄金伝説）- 2009 RIV (Legend of Gold)
2009
Woodcut and hand-coloring
Urn and Ghost
2016
Lithograph
Ghost
2025
Acrylic on Canvas
Spirit of Fire
1921
Pencil and watercolor on paper
Rin be Full of Spirit
2016
Ink on Paper
Ghost Mushikui
2017
Etching, monotype on mulberry handmade paper
Bride of Dragon Master II
Etching and aquatint
Bride of the Fire Dragon
2009
Etching and aquatint
Master of a Dragon Hurried on Her Way Home
Etching and aquatint
Dragon 10
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Dragon 11
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Onoe Kikugoro VII as the spider spirit in the play Tsuchigomo
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Rin Chû kills officer Riku near the temple of the mountain spirit
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
God saves Sanoki no Kami Yorinobu Ason from a dangerous explosion
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Legend
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Dragon Bowling Fire,
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Dragon ascending Mt. Fuji
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Fuji and dragon
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Oiwa's Ghost (Oiwa no borei)
1860s
Color woodblock print
Ghosts
1922
Colour woodcut on paper (printing ink)
Ghost
幽霊図
Before 1881
Ink and color on paper
Oiwa's Ghost (Oiwa no borei)
1860s
Color woodblock print
Bijin Ghost and Skull
Onoe Matsusuke I as the Ghost of the Warrior Ki no Natora, in Kiku no En Mukashi no Miyako
c. 1791
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Gyokai ryakugashiki
1802
Woodblock- printed book; 1 vol.
The Actor Onoe Kikugoro V as the Priest Sogen (Yuki: Iwakura Sogen Onoe Baiko), from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka no uchi)"
1890
Color woodblock prints; oban triptych
Gamo Sadahide's Servant, Toki Motosada, Hurling a Demon King to the Ground at Mount Inahana, from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts (Shinkei sanjuroku kaisen)"
1890
Color woodblock print
Lu Zhishen in a Drunken Rage Attacking the Guardian Figure at the Temple on Mount Godai (Rochishin ransui Godaisan Kongojin o uchikowasu no zu)
September 1887
Color woodblock prints; oban diptych
The Battle of Nagashino: The Death of Yamagata Saburōhei Masakage (Nagashino kassen Yamagata Saburōhei Masakage uchijini no zu)
1868
The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XIII and Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I Announcing Their Return to the Stage after Recovering from Measles
1862
Sōgenbi, the Fiery Ghost of an Oil-Stealing Monk, from Shin Otogi Bōko
新御伽婢子・宗玄火
1683
Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper
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Mythological and legendary subjects in Japanese woodblock prints, featuring characters from Japanese folklore, ghost stories (kaidan), supernatural beings (yokai), and tales from classical literature like The Tale of Genji and The Tale of the Heike.
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Shiko Munakata, and Hideo Hagiwara are among the artists most associated with mythology in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 233 prints tagged with mythology, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.