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

Mount Tsukuba
1942
Woodblock print

Prayer
Woodblock print

Hallelujah
Woodblock print

Shimosa Naritasan keidai 下総成田山境内 / Shokoku meisho hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print

Kamakura
1916
Woodblock print

ZAO GONGEN
Woodblock print

Quaker Meeting, Shôwa period, dated 1967
Woodblock print

Arakida
Woodblock print

EBISU ON HORSEBACK
Woodblock print

Taj Mahal at Dawn
1916
Drawing

KISSHOTEN A
Woodblock print

Viewing votive paintings
c. 1800
Color woodblock print; nagaban, surimono

Kaijin
1937
Woodblock print

Parody of Kanzan and Jittoku
1942
Color woodblock print

Quaker Meeting
Woodblock print

Sesshu Nunobiki no taki 摂州布引の滝 / Shokoku Meisho Hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print

Mt Ontake, Kiso — 木曽御嶽
Woodblock print

Muroto Peninsula, Tosa — 土佐室戸岬
Woodblock print
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Title unknown [Hermit's Cell in a Forest]
1948
Woodblock print, ink on paper

Quaker's Meeting
c. 1967
Woodblock print

Offering
Woodblock print

Hymns
Woodblock print

Koma-inu
Woodblock print

Untitled- church
Woodblock print

Maeda Masao
Woodblock print

Worship
1963
Oil on canvas

Praying
1966
Oil on canvas

Prayer
2004
Mixed media

Blessing
祈求
c. 1970
Color intaglio on BFK Rives wove paper

Sacred Day
1970
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Comic One Hundred Turns of the Rosary (Dôke hyakumanben), from the series One Hundred Wildnesses by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakkyô)
Woodblock print

Nichiren Shoin
1937
Woodblock print, ink on paper

Hōrinji in Yamato
1946
Woodblock print, ink on paper

Nippori Hotei / Toto Shichi-fuku-juku
Woodblock print

Inner Sanctuary of Kōya-san
1941
Woodblock print, ink on paper

Kanagawa: Foreigner’s Cemetery
Woodblock print

Stone Image of Bishunu
20th century
Woodblock print

Saint Nichiren
1937
Woodblock print

Daruma Doll Game
1930
Watercolor

Maria
Woodblock print

Kodomo asobi nagauta zukushi / Kashima odori
Woodblock print

Wedding Rocks- Futamigaura
Woodblock print

The Sun Goddess Amaterasu Ōmikami
February 1882
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Ema- F
Woodblock print

Annual Edo Customs: Tenth Month, Prosperous Merchants Worship the God of Wealth
Woodblock print

Rosei’s dream
Woodblock print

Miroku
Woodblock print

Negoro no Komitsucha
1868, 9th lunar month
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

The Austerities of Saint Mongaku
1885
Color woodblock print

Uto monogatari Saginuma Taro Etchu Tateyama jigoku o hiru zu
Woodblock print

Nothingness (Kyomu)
2010
Color woodblock print

Picture of Mongaku’s Penitence
April 1885
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Congratulations on Maritime Security for All Eternity! (Kaijô anzen bandai kotobuki)
Woodblock print

Shunkan in exile
Woodblock print

Susano-o no Mikoto, Shinto's Mythical Ruler of the Tides
Woodblock print

Amaterasu, The Sun Goddess and Sister of Susan-o Before She Hid in Her Cave
Woodblock print

God of Wealth Daikokuten�fs Lucky Drawing
Woodblock print

Mitate No.43 - Sacred Ropes (Shime-nawa)
2001

Kaijo anzen
Woodblock print

Mitate No.85 - Dai Monji (Daimonji)
2010
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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.




