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
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Hot spring notes
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Early spring in Ogasawara
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Godzilla in Spring
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Hazy moon in spring
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring rain
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Shinobazu Pond in spring rain
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The Golden Pavilion in Spring
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Early spring in Tsumekisaki
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Fishing port, early spring
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring in Kyoto
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Calendar sheet for April 1942 (Showa 17)
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Calendar of April 1942 (Showa 17)
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Full moon over Kiyomizudera in spring
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring make-up
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring appearance
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring evening in Ueno Park, Tokyo
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring at the Moat
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring evening
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Early spring
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Early spring
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring snow
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring at the foot of Mt. Asana
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Mt Fuji in spring seen from Miho
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Nijo-jo Castle in spring
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring in West Kyoto
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Early Spring
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Early spring
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Hot spring at Yugano in Izu
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Three-day spring moon
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring dusk at Tôshô shrine, Ueno
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring: Himeji Castle
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Dune, early spring, Tottori
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Himeji Castle in early spring
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring field
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Tranquillity of a spring day
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Spring snow
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Tokyo National Museum in spring snow
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

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”)
About 1764
Color woodblock prints; hosoban diptych (?)

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
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)
c. 1847-52
Color woodblock print

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
ca. 1820
Privately published woodblock prints (surimono) mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

Spring Water
1909
color woodblock print (kuchi-e)

Otafuku Holding a Branch of Double White Cherry Blossoms
ca. 1840
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Spring Evening- Post Quake

Spring of Mountain (Okuyama no Haru)
奥山の春図
1933
Hanging scroll; color on silk

Spring Landscape
春景山水図
circa 1900–1910
Color woodblock print

Cherry Blossoms
桜花
1930s
Color on silk

Parting Spring (Yuku haru) — right screen
行く春 右隻
1916
Six-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper

Spring Rain
before 1923
Watercolor on paper

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

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)
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)
c. 1772/89
Color woodblock print; oban

Gathering spring flowers
n.d.
Color woodblock print; nagaban, surimono
Related Subjects
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.





