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Spring Prints (510)

Springtime scenes in Japanese woodblock prints beyond cherry blossoms alone — including plum blossoms, wisteria, iris gardens, verdant new growth, and the general atmosphere of seasonal renewal that is central to Japanese artistic sensibility.

Artists Known for Spring

Hazy Moon in the Spring (Oboroharu) by Torii Kotondo

Hazy Moon in the Spring (Oboroharu)

1930

Woodblock print

Late Spring- Scroll by Torii Kotondo

Late Spring- Scroll

Not set

Woodblock print

No. 3 - Misty Spring Moon - おぼろ春 by Torii Kotondo

No. 3 - Misty Spring Moon - おぼろ春

1932 1980s)

Woodblock print

Spring - 春 by Torii Kotondo

Spring - 春

1982

Woodblock print

Mt Fuji in Spring from Miho by Yoshijiro Urushibara

Mt Fuji in Spring from Miho

Woodblock print

Spring, from the series "Four Seasons" by Shiko Munakata

Spring, from the series "Four Seasons"

1961

Hand-colored woodblock print

Poéme No. 11: Spring by Onchi Koshiro

Poéme No. 11: Spring

1950

Woodblock and object print

Mt. Asama in Spring by Hiratsuka Un'ichi

Mt. Asama in Spring

1956

Woodblock print

Pagoda Tyoyo, in Early Spring, Manchuria by Hiratsuka Un'ichi

Pagoda Tyoyo, in Early Spring, Manchuria

1948

Woodblock print

Early Spring in Hokkaido Japan by Jun'ichiro Sekino

Early Spring in Hokkaido Japan

Woodblock print

Early Spring Mountain by Umetaro Azechi

Early Spring Mountain

1963

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

1967 Spring Catalog by Hideo Hagiwara

1967 Spring Catalog

Woodblock print

Early Spring by Hideo Hagiwara

Early Spring

Woodblock print

Spring at Chomei Temple by Hideo Hagiwara

Spring at Chomei Temple

Woodblock print

Early Spring at Mount Kamagatake by Fumio Kitaoka

Early Spring at Mount Kamagatake

1964

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

SOSHUN (early spring) by Fumio Kitaoka

SOSHUN (early spring)

Woodblock print

Spring — ?春 by Fumio Kitaoka

Spring — ?春

Woodblock print

Spring of a Village among the Hills by Fumio Kitaoka

Spring of a Village among the Hills

Woodblock print

YAMANOHARU J (mountain in spring J) by Fumio Kitaoka

YAMANOHARU J (mountain in spring J)

Woodblock print

Spring Rain at the Takeya Ferry Crossing, Matsuchiyama — 待乳山、竹屋ノ渡の春雨 by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Spring Rain at the Takeya Ferry Crossing, Matsuchiyama — 待乳山、竹屋ノ渡の春雨

Woodblock print

Early Spring — 早春 by Uemura Shoen

Early Spring — 早春

Woodblock print

Spring by Takehisa Yumeji

Spring

Woodblock print

Higashiyama Sanso - Spring by Clifton Karhu

Higashiyama Sanso - Spring

Contemporary - 1975

Woodblock print

Takasegawa-Spring by Clifton Karhu

Takasegawa-Spring

1990

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Four Seasons: Spring (Shiki: Haru) by Paul Binnie

Four Seasons: Spring (Shiki: Haru)

Woodblock print

Haru- Spring by Paul Binnie

Haru- Spring

Woodblock print

Plum Blossom and the Moon from the Book Mount Fuji in Spring (Haru no Fuji) by Katsushika Hokusai

Plum Blossom and the Moon from the Book Mount Fuji in Spring (Haru no Fuji)

c. 1803

Woodblock- printed book

Yoshiwara Women Looking into the Street at Springtime by Kitagawa Utamaro

Yoshiwara Women Looking into the Street at Springtime

1753–1806

color woodblock print

May by Henmi Takashi

May

Woodblock print

Diary: March 31st, '78 by Tetsuya Noda

Diary: March 31st, '78

1978

Woodblock and silkscreen print

#25. Kameido Tenjin by Utagawa Hiroshige

#25. Kameido Tenjin

Woodblock print

Japanese white-eye on flowering branch by Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese white-eye on flowering branch

1830s–1840s

Color woodblock print; yotsugiriban

Misty Morning, Yotsuya Approach (Kiri no asa (Yotsuya mitsuke)) by Kawase Hasui

Misty Morning, Yotsuya Approach (Kiri no asa (Yotsuya mitsuke))

March 1932

Color woodblock print

Gathering Herbs by Katsushika Hokusai

Gathering Herbs

c. 1796/97

Color woodblock print; long surimono

Chapter 16- Early Bracken - 早蕨 by Ebina Masao

Chapter 16- Early Bracken - 早蕨

Woodblock print

Diary: March 27th and 28th, '02 by Tetsuya Noda

Diary: March 27th and 28th, '02

2002

Woodcut, silkscreen

Dogwood 2 by Hajime Namiki

Dogwood 2

2001

Color woodblock print; edition 128/200

Patterns of Yayoi by Katsushika Hokusai

Patterns of Yayoi

1784-1785

Print

#36. Gotenyama by Utagawa Hiroshige

#36. Gotenyama

Woodblock print

Diary: April 24th '97 by Tetsuya Noda

Diary: April 24th '97

1997

Screenprint

Cherry Blossoms in the Wind by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Cherry Blossoms in the Wind

late 1790s

woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Snow in Spring by Iwao Akiyama

Snow in Spring

春の雪

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Kaizu Osaki — 海津大崎の by Nishiyama Hideo

Kaizu Osaki — 海津大崎の

Woodblock print

Leave It to the Spring Breeze by Iwao Akiyama

Leave It to the Spring Breeze

春風にまかせ

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Water in Spring by Kimiko Kojima

Water in Spring

Lithograph

Primrose by Ikeda Zuigetsu

Primrose

Woodblock print

Blossom Flurry by Sarah Brayer

Blossom Flurry

Not set

Woodblock print

Shunkokucho by Mizufune Rokushu

Shunkokucho

Woodblock print

Blossoms by Sarah Brayer

Blossoms

2003

Woodblock print

March by Kitano Tsunetomi

March

Woodblock print

Near Omuro — Omuro fukin by Takahashi Shotei

Near Omuro — Omuro fukin

Woodblock print

Waiting for Spring by Koji Ikuta

Waiting for Spring

春を待つ

2012

Mezzotint

Cherry Blossom Viewing (Shunchaku hana no shizuku) by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Cherry Blossom Viewing (Shunchaku hana no shizuku)

c. 1833

Color woodblock prints; oban triptych

Black Neckband by Ito Shinsui

Black Neckband

Spring 1928

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper with mica

Forsythia by Shodo Kawarazaki

Forsythia

Woodblock print

Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Spring-Tree-ed-miliano by Ed Miliano

Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Spring-Tree-ed-miliano

May — 其五藤見 by Miyagawa Shuntei

May — 其五藤見

1898

Woodblock print

Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing

mid- or late 1790s

One of a triptych of woodblock prints

Sumida Koen by Oda Kazuma

Sumida Koen

Woodblock print

Kodomo asobi nagauta zukushi / Harugoma by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Kodomo asobi nagauta zukushi / Harugoma

Woodblock print

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Frequently Asked Questions

Springtime scenes in Japanese woodblock prints beyond cherry blossoms alone — including plum blossoms, wisteria, iris gardens, verdant new growth, and the general atmosphere of seasonal renewal that is central to Japanese artistic sensibility.

Kawase Hasui, Utagawa Hiroshige, and Ito Shinsui are among the artists most associated with spring in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.

Hanga currently catalogues 510 prints tagged with spring, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.