Pagodas Prints (90)
Pagodas in Japanese woodblock prints, from Kyoto's five-story Toji pagoda to Nikko's ornate structures. These multi-tiered Buddhist towers serve as dramatic vertical elements in landscape compositions, often silhouetted against sky or framed by seasonal foliage.
Artists Known for Pagodas

Sankeien Gardens — 三渓園
Woodblock print

Pogoda in Ikaruga J
Woodblock print

Pagoda with the trees
1972
Woodcut in colours

Pagoda in Evening Rain (Yanaka, Tokyo)/雨に暮れるる塔
1932
Woodblock Print

Five Storied Pagoda Hagurosan
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Pagoda In Kyoto
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Golden Pagoda in Rangoon
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Nikko five-tiered pagoda
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Pagoda
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Pagoda In Nara
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Pagoda Amidst houses
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Old pagoda
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Old pagoda
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Pagoda at Yasaka
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

River pagoda In the distance
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Pagoda of Toji temple
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Leaning Pagoda, Soochow, China
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Higashiyama pagoda, Kyoto
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Old pagoda on Mt Kôya
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Three-tiered pagoda
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Pagoda in Itakura
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Pagoda Spire
塔
Color woodblock print

Arhat Holding Pagoda
羅漢
1917
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Shiba Park, Pagoda and Plum Trees. Series: Showa Tokyo Fukei Hangwa Hyaku zue Hampugwa. No. 11.
Woodblock print

Five Storey Pagoda

Geisha with umbrella neas Pagoda

Five-Storied Pagoda at Nikkō (Nikkō no gojū no tō)
日光の五重の塔
c. 1900-1910
Color woodblock print

No. 7: Votive paintings of Six Immortal poets, flying geese, and a pagoda made of coins, from the series "Seven Pictures for the Hisakataya (Hisakataya shichiban no uchi)"
c. 1810's
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono with metallic pigments

Evening Rain, Yanaka Pagoda, Tokyo

View from a Pagoda
1880-1890
Color woodcut on paper (octagonal album sheet, black line block with color blocks)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Pagodas in Japanese woodblock prints, from Kyoto's five-story Toji pagoda to Nikko's ornate structures. These multi-tiered Buddhist towers serve as dramatic vertical elements in landscape compositions, often silhouetted against sky or framed by seasonal foliage.
Kotozuka Eiichi, Hiratsuka Un'ichi, and Kihei Sasajima are among the artists most associated with pagodas in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 90 prints tagged with pagodas, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.




