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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

The Proper Way of Drinking New Year's Sake (Toso no miki namesomuru tei), from the series "Teaching Manners According to the Colors of the Spring (Shunshoku shitsukekata)" by Kubo Shunman

The Proper Way of Drinking New Year's Sake (Toso no miki namesomuru tei), from the series "Teaching Manners According to the Colors of the Spring (Shunshoku shitsukekata)"

c. 1807

Colro woodblock print; koban, surimono

Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Ueno by Katsukawa Shunchō

Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Ueno

c. 1780/1801

Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych

Picture Book of Edo Cherry Blossom (Ehon Edo zakura), vol.1 by Kitao Masayoshi

Picture Book of Edo Cherry Blossom (Ehon Edo zakura), vol.1

1803

Print

Cherry Blossoms by Takahashi Yuichi

Cherry Blossoms

桜花図

1879

Oil on canvas

Spring on a Mountain Path by Kawakita Kahō

Spring on a Mountain Path

山路之春

early 20th century

Ink and color on silk; hanging scroll

Street Scene in the Springtime by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Street Scene in the Springtime

early 19th century

Color woodblock print; surimono

Spring Day by Hashimoto Kansetsu

Spring Day

遅日

1913

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Two Ladies Awaiting for Spring by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Two Ladies Awaiting for Spring

early 19th century (possibly 1803 or 1815)

Color woodblock print; surimono

Viewing Cherry Blossoms from a Teahouse on Asuka Hill by Chōbunsai Eishi

Viewing Cherry Blossoms from a Teahouse on Asuka Hill

c. 1789/90

Woodblock prints; 2 right sheets of oban triptych, keyblock and color impressions

Women Viewing Cherry Blossoms by Chōbunsai Eishi

Women Viewing Cherry Blossoms

c. 1793

Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych (center sheet: 1925.3088)

Noble woman in a carriage viewing cherry blossoms by Chōbunsai Eishi

Noble woman in a carriage viewing cherry blossoms

c. 1796

Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Lady in a Court Carriage Viewing Cherry Blossoms by Chōbunsai Eishi

Lady in a Court Carriage Viewing Cherry Blossoms

ca. 1796 (Kansei 8)

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Bijin viewing garden pond in spring by Nishimura Hodo

Bijin viewing garden pond in spring

Women Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Asukayama by Katsukawa Shunchō

Women Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Asukayama

1780s

color woodblock print

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 2: Pine Shoots and Accoutrements for New Year’s Celebrations by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 2: Pine Shoots and Accoutrements for New Year’s Celebrations

19th century

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

Cherry Blossoms and Shells by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Cherry Blossoms and Shells

19th century

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Costume for Bugaku Court Dance
From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1 by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Costume for Bugaku Court Dance From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1

probably 1818 (Year of the Tiger)

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Myōkō Hot Springs by Toshi Yoshida

Myōkō Hot Springs

1955

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

The drummer, No. 1 (Sono ichi) from the series "The Boulder Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)" by Totoya Hokkei

The drummer, No. 1 (Sono ichi) from the series "The Boulder Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)"

1820s

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Spring by Yamamoto Shoun

Spring

Two Court Ladies Admiring Cherry Blossoms by Yashima Gakutei

Two Court Ladies Admiring Cherry Blossoms

19th century

Color woodblock print; surimono, vertical shikishiban diptych

Spring Farming Scene by Katsushika Isai

Spring Farming Scene

春耕図

Edo period (1615–1868)

Folding fan, remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Sakura (Cherry Blossoms), Panel 1 by Kitaōji Rosanjin

Sakura (Cherry Blossoms), Panel 1

May 1953

Mixed media on wooden panel: charcoal, oil, urushi lacquer, ceramic, mollusc shell, gold leaf, lead, raden (shell inlay)

Sakura (Cherry Blossoms), Panel 2 by Kitaōji Rosanjin

Sakura (Cherry Blossoms), Panel 2

May 1953

Mixed media on wooden panel: charcoal, oil, urushi lacquer, ceramic, mollusc shell, gold leaf, lead, raden (shell inlay)

Women and Children Viewing the Cherry Blossoms at Gotenyama by Katsukawa Shunchō

Women and Children Viewing the Cherry Blossoms at Gotenyama

ca. 1787

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Spring Ride by Mizuno Toshikata

Spring Ride

Table in Early Spring - 早春の卓 by Toru Mabuchi

Table in Early Spring - 早春の卓

Emperor Xuanzong (Japanese: Gensō) and Daoist Magician Lo Gongyuan Arising from an Inkstone; “Ink” (Sumi), from Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyō Poetry Circle (Ichiyō-ren Bunbō shiyū)
From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1 by Yashima Gakutei

Emperor Xuanzong (Japanese: Gensō) and Daoist Magician Lo Gongyuan Arising from an Inkstone; “Ink” (Sumi), from Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyō Poetry Circle (Ichiyō-ren Bunbō shiyū) From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1

ca. 1827

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Spring Mountain (Haruyama) by Hirafuku Hyakusui

Spring Mountain (Haruyama)

春山

1933

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Moon Cherry Blossoms by Ohara Koson

Moon Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossoms in the Rain by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Cherry Blossoms in the Rain

19th century

Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper

Yamauba in the Ashigawa Mountains Accompanied by Flying Nightingale (Uguisu) Men, the second piece from the diptych of "Spring Mountains (Haru no yama-mata)" by Totoya Hokkei

Yamauba in the Ashigawa Mountains Accompanied by Flying Nightingale (Uguisu) Men, the second piece from the diptych of "Spring Mountains (Haru no yama-mata)"

about 1830

Color woodblock print; left piece of the diptych

Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Arashiyama (Arashiyama manka), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Arashiyama (Arashiyama manka), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"

c. 1834

Color woodblock print; oban

A Bedside Guide to the Colors of Love in Spring (Shunshoku neya no shiori) 春色閨の栞 by Utagawa Kunisada

A Bedside Guide to the Colors of Love in Spring (Shunshoku neya no shiori) 春色閨の栞

ca. 1850

Set of three woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper

The Heian Court Calligrapher Ono no Tōfū (894–966); “Calligraphy Brush” (Fude), from Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyō Poetry Circle (Ichiyō-ren Bunbō shiyū)
From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1 by Yashima Gakutei

The Heian Court Calligrapher Ono no Tōfū (894–966); “Calligraphy Brush” (Fude), from Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyō Poetry Circle (Ichiyō-ren Bunbō shiyū) From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1

ca. 1827

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Court Lady at Her Writing Table
From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3 by Yashima Gakutei

Court Lady at Her Writing Table From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3

ca. 1820s

Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper

Spring by Ikeda Terukata

Spring

About 1911

Hanging scrolls; ink, colors, and gold on silk

Cherry Blossoms and Court Hat by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Cherry Blossoms and Court Hat

probably 1816

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1: Genroku-style Courtesan by Utagawa Kuninao

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1: Genroku-style Courtesan

probably 1810s

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

Cherry Blossoms in Spring, from the series "Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shuku awase, shiki no hana)" by Katsukawa Shunchō

Cherry Blossoms in Spring, from the series "Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shuku awase, shiki no hana)"

c. 1792

Color woodblock print; chuban

Shuzenji Hotsprings by Shiro Kasamatsu

Shuzenji Hotsprings

1937

Color woodblock print

Woman Viewing Cherry Blossoms by Torii Kiyonaga

Woman Viewing Cherry Blossoms

c. 1782

Color woodblock print; hashira-e

An Outing in Spring, from the series A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku azuma no nishiki) by Torii Kiyonaga

An Outing in Spring, from the series A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku azuma no nishiki)

c. 1783/84

Color woodblock print; oban diptych

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 2: Cut Flowers: Clematis, Bush Clover, Iris, Camellia, and Azalea by Kubo Shunman

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 2: Cut Flowers: Clematis, Bush Clover, Iris, Camellia, and Azalea

1815 (Year of the Ox)

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

Spring at Pubyong Pavilion, Modan Viewpoint, Pyongyang, from the series "Eight Views of Korea" (Chosen hakkei, Heijo no haru (Botandai Fusekiro)) by Kawase Hasui

Spring at Pubyong Pavilion, Modan Viewpoint, Pyongyang, from the series "Eight Views of Korea" (Chosen hakkei, Heijo no haru (Botandai Fusekiro))

1939

Color woodblock print

March - Cherry blossom viewing by Keisai Eisen

March - Cherry blossom viewing

Various Spring Flowers, from the series "Springtime Plants and Trees for the Kasumi Poetry Circle of the Yomo Group (Yomogawa Kasumi-ren haru no kusaki no uchi)" by Kubo Shunman

Various Spring Flowers, from the series "Springtime Plants and Trees for the Kasumi Poetry Circle of the Yomo Group (Yomogawa Kasumi-ren haru no kusaki no uchi)"

c. 1820

Color woodblock print; shikishiban sheet from an album, surimono

Village in spring by Tatsuo Kawashima

Village in spring

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

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

c. 1780

Color woodblock print; chuban

Misty Spring (Oboro Haru) by Torii Kotondo

Misty Spring (Oboro Haru)

Spring Table — 春卓 by Toru Mabuchi

Spring Table — 春卓

Sarutahiko, No. 2 (Sono ni) from the series "The Boulder Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)" by Totoya Hokkei

Sarutahiko, No. 2 (Sono ni) from the series "The Boulder Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)"

1820s

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Beauty representing spring, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons by Utagawa Kuniyasu

Beauty representing spring, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons

c. 1818/30

Color woodblock print; oban

Spring Colors of Koshigaya by Ōshita Tōjirō

Spring Colors of Koshigaya

越ヶ谷の春色

1897

Watercolour on paper

Cherry Blossoms and Seal-box with Ink and Ruler by Kubo Shunman

Cherry Blossoms and Seal-box with Ink and Ruler

19th century

Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 2: Cranes at Tsurugaoka Hachimangō Shrine in Kamakura by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 2: Cranes at Tsurugaoka Hachimangō Shrine in Kamakura

1810s

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

Ama no Uzume, No. 3 (Sono san) from the series "The Boulder Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)" by Totoya Hokkei

Ama no Uzume, No. 3 (Sono san) from the series "The Boulder Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)"

1820s

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Willow Branches in Spring by Tsubaki Chinzan

Willow Branches in Spring

1847

Album leaf; ink and color on silk

Spring Snow at Hamacho Park in Nihonbashi (Nihonbashi-ku Hamacho koen shunsetsu) from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era (Showa dai Tokyo fukei hyaku zue hanga)" by Kishio Koizumi

Spring Snow at Hamacho Park in Nihonbashi (Nihonbashi-ku Hamacho koen shunsetsu) from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era (Showa dai Tokyo fukei hyaku zue hanga)"

1940

Color woodblock print; oban

Two Dancers Performing a “Shakkyōmono” Kabuki Dance, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō), vol. 3 by Kubo Shunman

Two Dancers Performing a “Shakkyōmono” Kabuki Dance, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō), vol. 3

ca. 1805–10

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

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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.