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Spring Prints (480)

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

Nashiki Hot spring by Maekawa Senpan

Nashiki Hot spring

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Hot spring notes by Maekawa Senpan

Hot spring notes

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Early spring in Ogasawara by Maeda Masao

Early spring in Ogasawara

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Godzilla in Spring by Tom Kristensen

Godzilla in Spring

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Hazy moon in spring by Torii Kotondo

Hazy moon in spring

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring rain by Komura Settai

Spring rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Shinobazu Pond in spring rain by Kishio Koizumi

Shinobazu Pond in spring rain

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The Golden Pavilion in Spring by Fumio Kitaoka

The Golden Pavilion in Spring

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Early spring in Tsumekisaki by Fumio Kitaoka

Early spring in Tsumekisaki

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Fishing port, early spring by Fumio Kitaoka

Fishing port, early spring

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring in Kyoto by Tatsuo Kawashima

Spring in Kyoto

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Calendar sheet for April 1942 (Showa 17) by Hide Kawanishi

Calendar sheet for April 1942 (Showa 17)

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Calendar of April 1942 (Showa 17) by Hide Kawanishi

Calendar of April 1942 (Showa 17)

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Full moon over Kiyomizudera in spring by Kato Teruhide

Full moon over Kiyomizudera in spring

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring make-up by Kato Shinmei

Spring make-up

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring appearance by Kato Shinmei

Spring appearance

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring evening in Ueno Park, Tokyo by Shiro Kasamatsu

Spring evening in Ueno Park, Tokyo

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring at the Moat by Shiro Kasamatsu

Spring at the Moat

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring evening by Sentaro Iwata

Spring evening

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Early spring by Sentaro Iwata

Early spring

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Early spring by Sentaro Iwata

Early spring

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring snow by Ito Shinsui

Spring snow

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring at the foot of Mt. Asana by Ito Shinsui

Spring at the foot of Mt. Asana

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Mt Fuji in spring seen from Miho by Ishikawa Toraji

Mt Fuji in spring seen from Miho

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Nijo-jo Castle in spring by Ido Masao

Nijo-jo Castle in spring

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring in West Kyoto by Ido Masao

Spring in West Kyoto

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Early Spring by Joichi Hoshi

Early Spring

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Early spring by Joichi Hoshi

Early spring

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Hot spring at Yugano in Izu by Hiratsuka Un'ichi

Hot spring at Yugano in Izu

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Three-day spring moon by Hiratsuka Un'ichi

Three-day spring moon

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring dusk at Tôshô shrine, Ueno by Kawase Hasui

Spring dusk at Tôshô shrine, Ueno

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring: Himeji Castle by Okiie Hashimoto

Spring: Himeji Castle

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring by Okiie Hashimoto

Spring

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Dune, early spring, Tottori by Okiie Hashimoto

Dune, early spring, Tottori

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Himeji Castle in early spring by Okiie Hashimoto

Himeji Castle in early spring

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring field by Hashiguchi Goyo

Spring field

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Tranquillity of a spring day by Hideo Hagiwara

Tranquillity of a spring day

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring snow by Hideo Hagiwara

Spring snow

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Tokyo National Museum in spring snow by Fujimori Shizuo

Tokyo National Museum in spring snow

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Tokyo National Museum in spring snow by Fujimori Shizuo

Tokyo National Museum in spring snow

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Actor Ichikawa Raizô I as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler” (“Hitokidori harutsuge Soga”) by Katsukawa Shunshō

Actor Ichikawa Raizô I as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler” (“Hitokidori harutsuge Soga”)

About 1764

Color woodblock prints; hosoban diptych (?)

Yumoto, from the series "Seven Famous Hot Springs of Hakone (Hakone shichito meisho)" by Torii Kiyonaga

Yumoto, from the series "Seven Famous Hot Springs of Hakone (Hakone shichito meisho)"

c. 1780

Color woodblock print; chuban

Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Goten Hill by Chōbunsai Eishi

Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Goten Hill

c. 1787

Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych (left sheet: 1939.2195, keyblock proof impression: 1925.3090)

A Spring Night (Yayoi no yube) by Utagawa Kunisada

A Spring Night (Yayoi no yube)

c. 1847-52

Color woodblock print

View of Miyanoshita Hot Springs in Hakone, Soshu, from the series "Hot Springs - A Diptych (Onsen niban tsuzuki)" by Keisai Eisen

View of Miyanoshita Hot Springs in Hakone, Soshu, from the series "Hot Springs - A Diptych (Onsen niban tsuzuki)"

c. 1820s

Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; shikishiban, surimono

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3: Mountain Dove and Peach Flowers by Teisai Hokuba

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3: Mountain Dove and Peach Flowers

ca. 1820

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

Spring Water by Tsutsui Toshimine

Spring Water

1909

color woodblock print (kuchi-e)

Otafuku Holding a Branch of Double White Cherry Blossoms by Watanabe Kazan

Otafuku Holding a Branch of Double White Cherry Blossoms

ca. 1840

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Spring Evening- Post Quake by Takahashi Shotei

Spring Evening- Post Quake

Spring of Mountain (Okuyama no Haru) by Yamamoto Shunkyo

Spring of Mountain (Okuyama no Haru)

奥山の春図

1933

Hanging scroll; color on silk

Spring Landscape by Yamamoto Shunkyo

Spring Landscape

春景山水図

circa 1900–1910

Color woodblock print

Cherry Blossoms by Kobayashi Kokei

Cherry Blossoms

桜花

1930s

Color on silk

Parting Spring (Yuku haru) — right screen by Kawai Gyokudō

Parting Spring (Yuku haru) — right screen

行く春 右隻

1916

Six-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper

Spring Rain by Nakagawa Hachirō

Spring Rain

before 1923

Watercolor on paper

Parting Spring (Yuku haru) — left screen by Kawai Gyokudō

Parting Spring (Yuku haru) — left screen

行く春 左隻

1916

Six-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper

Foot of Mountain in Spring by Kasamatsu Mihoko

Foot of Mountain in Spring

Spring in Sanroku — 山麓の春 by Kasamatsu Mihoko

Spring in Sanroku — 山麓の春

Ono no Komachi Viewing a Cherry Tree (Komachi zakura), from the series Cherry Blossoms of Katsushika (Katsushika sakura zukushi) by Yashima Gakutei

Ono no Komachi Viewing a Cherry Tree (Komachi zakura), from the series Cherry Blossoms of Katsushika (Katsushika sakura zukushi)

Edo period (1615–1868), about 1820

Color woodblock print; surimono

Newly Published Perspective Picture of Mount Fuji in Spring from Tagonoura (Shinpan uki-e Tagonoura haru no Fuji) by Utagawa Toyoharu

Newly Published Perspective Picture of Mount Fuji in Spring from Tagonoura (Shinpan uki-e Tagonoura haru no Fuji)

c. 1772/89

Color woodblock print; oban

Gathering spring flowers by Kubo Shunman

Gathering spring flowers

n.d.

Color woodblock print; nagaban, surimono

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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 Shiro Kasamatsu 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 480 prints tagged with spring, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.