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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

Beauties on a Veranda among Cherry Blossoms from which a Samurai is Departing by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Beauties on a Veranda among Cherry Blossoms from which a Samurai is Departing

ca. 1800

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Omuro by Hiroshi Yoshida

Omuro

Woodblock print

Go Go Koinobori (Daisuke) by Kunio Kaneko

Go Go Koinobori (Daisuke)

18/155, 2008

Woodblock print

May - 2 by Maki Haku

May - 2

early 1960s

Woodblock print, ink and color on embossed paper

Skunk cabbage — みずばしょう, 水芭蕉 by Umetaro Azechi

Skunk cabbage — みずばしょう, 水芭蕉

Woodblock print

May in Aizu (I) by Saito Kiyoshi

May in Aizu (I)

Woodblock print

Kamogawa Cherries by Clifton Karhu

Kamogawa Cherries

1984

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Roses by Fujio Yoshida

Roses

1927

Woodblock print, ink and colors on paper

Sumida Park by Oda Kazuma

Sumida Park

1930

Color woodblock print

Primrose by Nishimura Hodo

Primrose

Woodblock print

February — 其二 観梅 by Miyagawa Shuntei

February — 其二 観梅

1898

Woodblock print

CH35- Wakana by Maeda Masao

CH35- Wakana

Woodblock print

Chapter 16- Early Bracken - 早蕨 by Maeda Masao

Chapter 16- Early Bracken - 早蕨

Woodblock print

Kaizu Osaki — 海津大崎の by Hideo Hagiwara

Kaizu Osaki — 海津大崎の

Woodblock print

Print 23 - Hatsune - 初音 by Maeda Masao

Print 23 - Hatsune - 初音

Woodblock print

Shell gathering at low tide by Miyagawa Shuntei

Shell gathering at low tide

1896

Woodblock print

Misty Dream — 夢がすみ by Nakajima Kiyoshi

Misty Dream — 夢がすみ

Woodblock print

KUNPU (Balmy Wind) by Katsuyuki Nishijima

KUNPU (Balmy Wind)

Woodblock print

Chapter 34 - Young Fresh Greens 1 - 若菜上 by Maeda Masao

Chapter 34 - Young Fresh Greens 1 - 若菜上

Woodblock print

April — 其四 牡丹 by Miyagawa Shuntei

April — 其四 牡丹

1898

Woodblock print

YUKUKUMO (Floating Clouds) by Katsuyuki Nishijima

YUKUKUMO (Floating Clouds)

Woodblock print

Cock Eyeing a Free-standing Screen Painted with Cock, Hen, and Chicks, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō), vol. 1 by Yanagawa Shigenobu

Cock Eyeing a Free-standing Screen Painted with Cock, Hen, and Chicks, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō), vol. 1

probably 1813

Privately published woodblock prints (surimono) mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

Woman and Blossoms by Takehisa Yumeji

Woman and Blossoms

Woodblock print

Shungo Sekiguchi by Gihachiro Okuyama

Shungo Sekiguchi

Woodblock print

Dafffodil by Ito Nisaburo

Dafffodil

Woodblock print

May by Kaoru Kawano

May

Woodblock print

Chapter 35 - Young Fresh Greens 2 - 若菜下 by Ebina Masao

Chapter 35 - Young Fresh Greens 2 - 若菜下

Woodblock print

Scene No. 10 (1) by Shodo Kawarazaki

Scene No. 10 (1)

Woodblock print

Chapter 34 - Young Fresh Greens 1 - 若菜上 by Ebina Masao

Chapter 34 - Young Fresh Greens 1 - 若菜上

Woodblock print

Print 23 - Hatsune - 初音 by Ebina Masao

Print 23 - Hatsune - 初音

Woodblock print

Akebono (Dawn) by Fumio Fujita

Akebono (Dawn)

Woodblock print

Daffodils by Ito Nisaburo

Daffodils

Woodblock print

Spring by Fukita Fumiaki

Spring

Woodblock print

Graphic Studio Dublin: Spring Tree by Ed Miliano

Graphic Studio Dublin: Spring Tree

Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Ed-miliano-spring tree on green-mokuhanga-gallery-dublin-ireland by Ed Miliano

Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Ed-miliano-spring tree on green-mokuhanga-gallery-dublin-ireland

Soda Spring by Eva Pietzcker - Davidson Galleries by Eva Pietzcker

Soda Spring by Eva Pietzcker - Davidson Galleries

Spring by Eva Pietzcker - Davidson Galleries by Eva Pietzcker

Spring by Eva Pietzcker - Davidson Galleries

Happy Spring by Motoi Oi

Happy Spring

Etching

Ogawa In the Spring / Ogawa In the Fall by Yoshio Imamura

Ogawa In the Spring / Ogawa In the Fall

2017

Originals (diptych) with gold and silver leaf -- each panel is 36 x 51

Echo of Spring 2 by Noriko Saito

Echo of Spring 2

2019

Drypoint etching

Spring Cloud by Miyamoto Shufu

Spring Cloud

1989

Woodblock Print

A Beauty at the Spring Window  by Uemura Shoen

A Beauty at the Spring Window

Nihonga (natural mineral pigments) on silk

Spring A by Chizuko Yoshida

Spring A

1954

Woodblock print

Spring Awakening by Go Yayanagi

Spring Awakening

1965

Oil on panel

Spring Snow at Kamikochi by Ito Takashi

Spring Snow at Kamikochi

1932

Woodblock Print

Spring in Dejima by Kan Kozaki

Spring in Dejima

1986

Woodcut with 1 plate (1 color)

Spring Scent by Katsunori Hamanishi

Spring Scent

2017

Mezzotint

Enjoy the Spring Scenery with Guests by Yeh Lan

Enjoy the Spring Scenery with Guests

2013

Chinese brush painting

Song of Spring by Yeh Lan

Song of Spring

2013

Chinese brush painting

Spring Rain by Xu Ming

Spring Rain

2014

Chinese brush painting

Olive Spring by Monique Wales

Olive Spring

2018

Reductive Linocut Relief Print

Spring Bath by Sarah Brayer

Spring Bath

2013

Forest in Spring by Tokio Miyashita

Forest in Spring

N/A

Spring Snow, Kyoto Maruyama by Tsuchiya Koitsu

Spring Snow, Kyoto Maruyama

1936

Woodblock Print

Spring Breeze  by Uemura Shoen

Spring Breeze

Nihonga (natural mineral pigments) on silk / Hanging Scroll

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3: Swallows and Peonies by Teisai Hokuba

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3: Swallows and Peonies

ca. 1820

Privately published woodblock prints (surimono) mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

Spring Landscape by Kawabata Gyokushō

Spring Landscape

春景山水図

20th century (1900–1912)

Set of two hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk

Kinkaku-ji in Spring (Haru no Kinkaku-ji), Shôwa period, dated 1969 by Fumio Kitaoka

Kinkaku-ji in Spring (Haru no Kinkaku-ji), Shôwa period, dated 1969

Woodblock print

Susan May by Andrea G. Artz

Susan May

Early Spring by Hao Boyi

Early Spring

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.