Religious Prints (319)
Religious and spiritual subjects in Japanese woodblock prints, encompassing Buddhist deities, Shinto mythology, Christian themes (as in Sadao Watanabe's biblical prints), and scenes of worship, pilgrimage, and sacred ritual.
Artists Known for Religious
The Great Buddha, Kamakura (Kamakura Daibutsu)
Kamakura Daibutsu
1930
Color woodblock print
Hall of the Great Buddha (Nara Daibutsuden)
1950
Color woodblock print
Great Buddha
大仏
Woodblock print
Clearing after a Snowfall at the Kannon Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon no yukibare), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
Gundari Myôô, Shôwa period, dated 1962
Woodblock print
Nativity
1955
Color woodblock print; edition 3/30
Great Buddha at Kamakura
Woodblock print
Angel Dreaming Room
1971
Woodblock print
Makakayo (Mahakasyapa), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)"
1939-68
Woodblock print
Buddha
Rain at Asakusa Kannon Temple
1933
Color woodblock print
Interior of the Kannon Temple at Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon-dô no naidô)
Japanese, Taishô era–Shôwa era, 20th century
Woodblock print
ANGEL AND SHEPHERDS
Woodblock print
Biblical print - Noah's Ark
Woodblock print
Biblical Scene - Daniel in the lion's den
Woodblock print
Buddha Siamese
Woodblock print
A Greate Image of Buddha in Kamakura
Woodblock print
Heart Sutra with Sea Turtle (42/50)
Woodblock print
Kitchen Kannon (61/80)
Woodblock print
Heart Sutra with Taro (21/50)
Woodblock print
Kannon and Golden Dragon, Green (57/100)
Woodblock print
Comic manifold worship of buddha
Woodblock print
Kannon Temple at Abuto (Abuto no Kannon), from the series "Selection of Views of Japan (Nihon fukei senshu)"
Abuto no Kannon
1922
Color woodblock print; oban
Buddha
Woodblock print
Green Buddha
Woodblock print
Head of Christ
20th century
Pastel
Stone Buddha
1947
Color woodblock print
Great Lantern at Asakusa Kannon Temple
浅草観音堂大提灯
1934
Color woodblock print
A Lay Nun from the Kannon Sutra
1938
Woodblock print
Baramon, from the Kannon Sutra
1938
Woodblock print
Kannon
1954
Woodblock print
Mokukenren from Great Disciples of Buddha
1939
Woodblock print
Buddha with Flower
Woodblock print
Christian Warriors
1958
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Prayer (Buddha), Shôwa period, dated 1958
Woodblock print
Mitate No.88 - Great Buddha (Daibutsu)
2011
Statue of Christ in Montmartre
1959
Woodblock print
Asakusa Kannon-do
Woodblock print
Amida Nyorai (Amitabha)
1937
Woodblock print
Ananda (Ananda), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)"
1939 (printed 1959)
Woodblock print
Ashura-O / Kegon fu (A Record of the Kegon Sutra)
1937
Woodblock print
Bodhisattva Manjusri (Monju bosatsu no saku), from the series Ten Great Disciples of the Buddha Sakyamuni (Shaka jûdai deshi), Shôwa period, undated (block carved 1948)
Shôwa period, 1926-1989
Woodblock print
Fudo Myo-O (Acala) / Kegon-fu (The Aratamsaka-sutra)
1937
Woodblock print
Joshin (Goddess) / Kegonpu (Record of the Kegon Sutra)
1937
Woodblock print
(Kannon Goddess)
1950s
Woodblock print, hand colored
Kasennen (Katyayana), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)"
1939 (printed 1955)
Woodblock print
Manjusri (Monju Bosatsu), from the series "Pantheon of the Gandavyuha Sutra (Kegon-fu)"
1936
Woodblock print
Maudgalyayana (Mokukenren), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)"
1939-68
Woodblock print
Monju Bosatsu (Bodhisattva Manjusri) (Bodhisattva of Wisdom)
1937
Woodblock print
Monju (Manjusri), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)"
1939 (printed 1959)
Woodblock print
Ragora (Rahula), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)"
1939-68
Woodblock print
Rahula, Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Sakyanmuni
1939/1948
Woodblock print
Shaka Sanson (Buddha with two Assistants)
1968
Woodblock print
Shubodai (Subhūti), from the series Two Bodhisattvas and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka jūdai deshi)
1939-68
Woodblock print
Thunder God (Raijin) from the series "Pantheon of the Gandavyuha Sutra (Kegon-fu)"
1936
Woodblock print
Ubari (Upali), from the series "Two Bodhisattva and Ten Great Disciples of Buddha Sakyamuni (Nibosatsu Shaka judai deshi)"
1939 (printed 1955)
Woodblock print
Untitled-bodhisattva figures
description
Woodblock print
Weasel amid Onion Heads, from the series "The Heart Sutra, Second Series (Tsuikai shingyo-sho)"
1957 (printed 1967?)
Woodblock print
Asakusa Kannon Hall, from the series Recollections of Tokyo
1945
Color woodblock print
Buddha Asuyra Nara (C)
Woodblock print
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Frequently Asked Questions
Religious and spiritual subjects in Japanese woodblock prints, encompassing Buddhist deities, Shinto mythology, Christian themes (as in Sadao Watanabe's biblical prints), and scenes of worship, pilgrimage, and sacred ritual.
Shiko Munakata, Sadao Watanabe, and Hiratsuka Un'ichi are among the artists most associated with religious in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 319 prints tagged with religious, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.