Rivers & Lakes Prints (125)
Freshwater scenes and waterways in Japanese woodblock prints. Rivers and lakes serve as both subjects and compositional devices, reflecting sky, foliage, and architecture while guiding the viewer's eye through the landscape.
Artists Known for Rivers & Lakes
Inogashira Pond
Woodblock print
Kegon Waterfall
Woodblock print
Matsumoto Castle, Shinshu
信州 松本城
1934
Color woodblock print
Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond
Woodblock print
Misty Evening on the Shore of Shinobazu Pond
霞む夕 不忍池畔
1932
Color woodblock print
Misty Evening on the Shore of Shinobazu Pond (second impression)
霞む夕 不忍池畔
1932
Color woodblock print
Mount Fuji at Lake Ashinoko
Woodblock print
Mountain Stream at Atera
Woodblock print
Mt. Fuji from Lake Ashinoko
芦ノ湖の富士
1935
Color woodblock print
Ochanomizu
御茶ノ水
1956
Woodblock print
Rainy Night at Shinobazu Pond
不忍池の雨夜
1938
Color woodblock print
Rising Moon at Katase River
Woodblock print
Sacred Bridge at Nikko
日光 神橋
1941
Color woodblock print
Sacred Bridge in Nikko
日光 神橋
1941
Color woodblock print
Spring at Moat
Woodblock print
Spring at the Moat
Woodblock print
Spring Rain at Yushima Tenjin Shrine
湯島天神 春の雨
1935
Color woodblock print
View of Mt. Fuji from Lake Ashinoko
Woodblock print
Lake Chuzenji in Autumn
中禅寺湖の秋
c. 1930
Color woodblock print
Meguro Drum Bridge
目黒の太鼓橋
c. 1920
Color woodblock print
Moon at Arakawa River
荒川の月
c. 1924
Color woodblock print
Moon at Sekiguchi
関口の月
c. 1920
Color woodblock print
Rain at Maekawa
前川の雨
c. 1920
Color woodblock print
Rain on the Sumida River
隅田川の雨
c. 1920
Color woodblock print
Snowfall at Edo River
江戸川の雪
c. 1924
Color woodblock print
Hamaotsu Yacht Harbor
Woodblock print
Inawashiro Lake
猪苗代湖
Woodblock print
Kiyamachi Street, Kyoto
木屋町
ca. 1950s
Woodblock print
Lake Towada
十和田湖
Woodblock print
Lake Toya
洞爺湖
Woodblock print
Moonlight in Sarusawa Pond - Nara
Woodblock print
Moonlight in Sarusawa Pond, Nara
猿沢の池月光
Woodblock print
Mt. Fuji and Shojin Lake
Woodblock print
Mt. Fuji and Shojin Lake (first edition)
Woodblock print
Sarusawa Pond
猿沢の池
Woodblock print
Ukimi-do
浮見堂
Woodblock print
December (Snow Scene at the Golden Pavilion)
十二月 (金閣寺雪景)
second half 20th century
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Fireflies at Uji River
Woodblock print
Kamogawa Spring Evening
鴨川春の夕
1955
Color woodblock print
Mt. Fuji from Shiraiko Lake - Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji
Woodblock print
Black Hair
黒髪
1930
Color woodblock print
Waterfall
Woodblock print
Evening Glow at Lake Sai
西湖の夕照
c. 1930s
Woodblock print
Forest of Water God at Sumida River
隅田川水神の森
c. 1930s
Woodblock print
Sarusawa Pond in Nara
奈良猿沢池
c. 1930s
Woodblock print
Shinobazu Pond
不忍池
c. 1930s
Woodblock print
Children Fishing
魚釣りをする子供
c. 1906
Color woodblock print
Children Playing in Summer
夏の子供遊び
c. 1906
Color woodblock print
Evening on the Chikugo River
1927
Color woodblock print
Evening at the Tama River
1912
Color woodblock print
Snow at a Guest House Overlooking a Pond, from an untitled series of views of the Mitsubishi villa in Fukagawa
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Appoaching Dusk on Furukawa Embankment (Kure iku Furukawazutsumi)
Kure iku Furukawazutsumi
1919
Color woodblock print; nagaban
Some River, Koshu (Koshu Somegawa), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
The Shinagawa Offing (Shinagawa oki), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Moon over the Ara River, Akabane, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane))
1929
Color woodblock print
The Pond at Benten Shrine in Shiba (Shiba Benten ike)
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
Shinkawa at Night (Yoru no Shinkawa), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"
1919
Color woodblock print; oban
![Moonlight over Lake Kamo in Sado Island (Getsumei no Kamoko [Sado]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/7e4f83a5-694d-1634-1447-b94df2154699/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Moonlight over Lake Kamo in Sado Island (Getsumei no Kamoko [Sado]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
The Hori River at Obama (Obama Horikawa), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Karasu Marsh, Akita (Akita Karasunuma), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
1927
Color woodblock print; oban