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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 by Paul Binnie

Sankeien Gardens — 三渓園

Woodblock print

Pogoda in Ikaruga J by Fumio Fujita

Pogoda in Ikaruga J

Woodblock print

Pagoda with the trees by Okiie Hashimoto

Pagoda with the trees

1972

Woodcut in colours

Pagoda in Evening Rain (Yanaka, Tokyo)/雨に暮れるる塔 by Shiro Kasamatsu

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

1932

Woodblock Print

Five Storied Pagoda Hagurosan by Ray Morimura

Five Storied Pagoda Hagurosan

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Pagoda In Kyoto by Toshi Yoshida

Pagoda In Kyoto

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Golden Pagoda in Rangoon by Hiroshi Yoshida

Golden Pagoda in Rangoon

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Nikko five-tiered pagoda by Tsuchiya Koitsu

Nikko five-tiered pagoda

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Pagoda by Kihei Sasajima

Pagoda

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Pagoda In Nara by Kihei Sasajima

Pagoda In Nara

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Pagoda Amidst houses by Kihei Sasajima

Pagoda Amidst houses

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Old pagoda by Kihei Sasajima

Old pagoda

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Old pagoda by Kihei Sasajima

Old pagoda

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Pagoda at Yasaka by Nomura Yoshimitsu

Pagoda at Yasaka

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

River pagoda In the distance by Maeda Toshiro

River pagoda In the distance

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Pagoda of Toji temple by Kotozuka Eiichi

Pagoda of Toji temple

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Leaning Pagoda, Soochow, China by Elizabeth Keith

Leaning Pagoda, Soochow, China

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Higashiyama pagoda, Kyoto by Ido Masao

Higashiyama pagoda, Kyoto

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Old pagoda on Mt Kôya by Hiratsuka Un'ichi

Old pagoda on Mt Kôya

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Three-tiered pagoda by Hiratsuka Un'ichi

Three-tiered pagoda

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Pagoda in Itakura by Fumio Fujita

Pagoda in Itakura

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Pagoda Spire by Takeuchi Seihō

Pagoda Spire

Color woodblock print

Arhat Holding Pagoda by Hashimoto Kansetsu

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. by Kishio Koizumi

Shiba Park, Pagoda and Plum Trees. Series: Showa Tokyo Fukei Hangwa Hyaku zue Hampugwa. No. 11.

Woodblock print

Five Storey Pagoda by Asada Benji

Five Storey Pagoda

Geisha with umbrella neas Pagoda by Nishimura Hodo

Geisha with umbrella neas Pagoda

Five-Storied Pagoda at Nikkō (Nikkō no gojū no tō) by Uehara Konen

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)" by Kubo Shunman

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 by Shiro Kasamatsu

Evening Rain, Yanaka Pagoda, Tokyo

View from a Pagoda by Shibata Shinsai

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.