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
Kansanomiya Shrine at Tazawa Lake (Tazawako Kansanomiyagu), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
1927
Color woodblock print; oban
Cherry Blossoms at the Shirakawa Castle Ruins (Shirakawajoshi no sakura)
Shirakawajoshi no sakura
1946
Color woodblock print
Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
The Actor Otani Tomoemon VI as Kan Shojo (Sugawara Michizane), from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)"
1927
Color woodblock print; oban
Lake Scenery
1942
Color woodblock print