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Nature Prints (198)

Natural subjects and scenes in Japanese woodblock prints, including forests, fields, plants, and atmospheric phenomena that celebrate the beauty of the natural world.

Artists Known for Nature

Enjoy Life Among the Lotus Flower by Yeh Lan

Enjoy Life Among the Lotus Flower

2013

Chinese brush painting

Lost in Flowers by Yeh Lan

Lost in Flowers

2013

Chinese brush painting

Lotus in Summer by Yeh Lan

Lotus in Summer

2013

Chinese brush painting

Deep Forest by Marie Okada

Deep Forest

2014

Etching

Ha (leaves) by Masato Sudo

Ha (leaves)

Gathering Wildflowers in the Forest by Miyagawa Shuntei

Gathering Wildflowers in the Forest

1899

Woodblock Print

Blue Bird and Red Flower by Motoi Oi

Blue Bird and Red Flower

Etching

For the Birds (Pillar print)  by Natasha Norman

For the Birds (Pillar print)

2025

Mokuhanga (woodblock print)

”Pigeon in Flight and Blossoming Cherry Tree” by Ohara Koson

”Pigeon in Flight and Blossoming Cherry Tree”

1931

Ink, paper

Pigeons and Cherry Blossoms by Ohara Koson

Pigeons and Cherry Blossoms

1910

Woodblock Print

Pagoda with the trees by Okiie Hashimoto

Pagoda with the trees

1972

Woodcut in colours

A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Sharaku's Caricatures by Paul Binnie

A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Sharaku's Caricatures

2011

Color woodblock print

The Noh play The Stone Bridge by Paul Binnie

The Noh play The Stone Bridge

1997

Two-color woodblock print on gold paper

Birch Trees by Paul Furneaux

Birch Trees

Mokuhanga

Forest Approaches by Paul Furneaux

Forest Approaches

Mixed media collage on board

Starlight Forest by Paul Furneaux

Starlight Forest

Mixed media collage on board

Plums at Tenmangu by Ray Morimura

Plums at Tenmangu

2016

Woodblock

Goldfish by Sarah Brayer

Goldfish

2006

Two Flowers by Shinohara Noriko

Two Flowers

2025

Oil on Canvas

Leaves and Flying Birds by Tetsuro Komai

Leaves and Flying Birds

1961

Etching

Photo-Respiration Trees Hakkoda #2 by Tokihiro Sato

Photo-Respiration Trees Hakkoda #2

2009

Archival pigment print

Photo Respiration Trees Shirakami #10 by Tokihiro Sato

Photo Respiration Trees Shirakami #10

2008

Archival pigment print

Photo Respiration Trees Shirakami #4 by Tokihiro Sato

Photo Respiration Trees Shirakami #4

2008

Archival pigment print

Photo Respiration Trees Shirakami #9 by Tokihiro Sato

Photo Respiration Trees Shirakami #9

2008

Archival pigment print

Forest in Spring by Tokio Miyashita

Forest in Spring

N/A

Japanese Wood Block Print Floral Still Life by Toru Mabuchi

Japanese Wood Block Print Floral Still Life

1967

Woodcut print

Early Plum Blossom  by Uemura Shoen

Early Plum Blossom

Nihonga (natural mineral pigments) on silk / Hanging Scroll

Cat and Butterfly by Weiqi Wang

Cat and Butterfly

2014

Chinese brush painting

Apple Tree 2 by Yoshihiko Ueda

Apple Tree 2

2017

C-print, acrylic frame

Apple Tree 4 by Yoshihiko Ueda

Apple Tree 4

2017

C-print, acrylic frame

Red and White Plum  by Yoshihito Kawase

Red and White Plum

2019

Nihonga

Cherry and Asparagus by Yozo Hamaguchi

Cherry and Asparagus

1973

Mezzotint

Cloud by Yozo Hamaguchi

Cloud

1958

Mezzotint

Ladybirds by Yozo Hamaguchi

Ladybirds

Mezzotints

The Great Blue Earth by Yuichi Hasegawa

The Great Blue Earth

2016

Woodblock

Birds and Flowers  by Yuki Ideguchi

Birds and Flowers

2016

Canvas, gesso, acrylic, spray paint, washi paper, glue, gold and silver leaf, varnish

Is It As Natural To Die As To Be Born? by Yuki Ideguchi

Is It As Natural To Die As To Be Born?

2015

Canvas, gesso, acrylic, spray paint, varnish

Masurao Soldier of the Earth by Yuki Nishimoto

Masurao Soldier of the Earth

2016

Ink on Paper

The Go-Cart by Helen Hyde

The Go-Cart

1913

Color woodcut on paper

A Mexican Coquette by Helen Hyde

A Mexican Coquette

1912

Color woodcut on paper

The Bath by Helen Hyde

The Bath

1905

Color woodcut on ivory Japanese paper

Butterflies by Helen Hyde

Butterflies

1908

Color woodcut on ivory Japanese paper

A Monarch of Japan by Helen Hyde

A Monarch of Japan

1901

Color woodcut on ivory Japanese paper

A Day in June by Helen Hyde

A Day in June

1910

Color woodcut on paper

The Unwilling Dancers by Helen Hyde

The Unwilling Dancers

1912

Color woodcut on paper

My Neighbors by Helen Hyde

My Neighbors

1913

Color woodcut on paper

The Chase by Helen Hyde

The Chase

1903

Color woodcut on paper

New Brooms by Helen Hyde

New Brooms

1910

Color woodcut on paper

With the Sky and the Ground (Ten to chi to) by Hodaka Yoshida

With the Sky and the Ground (Ten to chi to)

1961

Color woodblock print

Sukiya-bashi Police Box by Hodaka Yoshida

Sukiya-bashi Police Box

Woodblock print combination zinc plate and woodcut on paper

Wind's touch on water (風来水上) by Ogawa Usen

Wind's touch on water (風来水上)

Chinese ink on paper

To the Sky by Fukita Fumiaki

To the Sky

1976

Woodblock Print

Connecting the Sky by Insho Domoto

Connecting the Sky

1964

Ink and gold leaf on paper

Heading Toward the Sky  by Asako Iwasawa

Heading Toward the Sky

2016

Acrylic

Organic by Brian Williams

Organic

2025

Oil on Dibond

I noticed my reflection in this water by Daryl Howard

I noticed my reflection in this water

2004

Woodblock Print

Pure Water by Hiroki Morinoue

Pure Water

2001

Color woodcut

Water's Edge by Hiroki Morinoue

Water's Edge

2017

Woodcut

A Bowlful of Water by Nana Shiomi

A Bowlful of Water

2015

Japanese Woodcut

Water by Naoko Matsubara

Water

1974

Japanese Woodcut Print

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Frequently Asked Questions

Natural subjects and scenes in Japanese woodblock prints, including forests, fields, plants, and atmospheric phenomena that celebrate the beauty of the natural world.

Susumu Endo, Helen Hyde, and Go Yayanagi are among the artists most associated with nature in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.

Hanga currently catalogues 198 prints tagged with nature, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.