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
Two Women Viewing Cherry Blossoms
c. 1780
Color woodblock print; hashira-e
Swallows and Cherry Blossoms
early 1830s
Color woodblock print, chu-tanzaku
Cherry Blossom Viewing (Shunchaku hana no shizuku)
c. 1833
Color woodblock prints; oban triptych
A Poet and Mount Fuji From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3
ca. 1820s
Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
Resting in a Palanquin Beneath Cherry Blossoms
c. 1767/68
Color woodblock print; chuban
Mountains in Spring
Twelve Hours of Spring Pleasures: Hour of the Dragon
19th century
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Yamabe no Akahito (active 724–736), One of the Three Gods of Poetry From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1
ca. 1820s
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Cherry blossom viewing in Asukayama
The Hot Springs of Tonosawa at Hakone
1855
The Sacred Spring on Fortress Mountain (Jogaku reisen), from the series "Eight Views of the Ryukyu Islands (Ryukyu hakkei)"
c. 1832
Color woodblock print; oban
Spring Outing to Mukojima
c. 1787
Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych
Spring Scene of Nakanocho in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara Nakanocho haru no kei), from the series "Newly Selected Famous Places in Edo (Shinsen Edo meisho)"
c. 1839/42
Color woodblock print; oban
Cherry Blossom Day on the Nakanocho of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Nakanocho Sakura no monbi), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)"
c. 1840/58
Color woodblock print; oban
Izu Province: Hot Springs of the Shuzen Temple (Izu, Shuzenji tojiba), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"
1853
Color woodblock print; oban
The Courtesan Karauta of the Ōgiya Brothel, from the series “A Pattern Book of the Year’s First Designs, Fresh as Spring Herbs” (“Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyō”)
1777–78
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Double-page Illustration from Vol. 2 of "Picture Book of Spring Brocades (Ehon haru no nishiki)"
1771
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book
Great tit and cherry blossoms
c. 1847/52
Color woodblock print; aitanzaku
Cherry blossoms at Ueno, wrapper for the series "One Hundred Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto hyakkei)"
early 1830s
Color woodblock print
A Spring Outing
c. 1768
Color woodblock print; chuban
A Beauty in Spring
1752–1815
color woodblock print
Spring Mountains, no. 2
ca. 1830
Cherry Blossoms at Yoshino
ca. 1833
Hideyoshi and his Five Wives Viewing the Cherry Blossoms at Higashiyama
Late Edo period, circa 1803-1804
Right panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and colors on paper with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"
Gathering Spring Flowers
c. 1767
Color woodblock print; chuban
Cherry Blossom Viewing at Asuka Hill
c. 1787
Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych
Cherry Blossom Viewing at the Mimeguri Shrine
Edo period,
Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "nagaban" format; Ink and color on paper
Spring Brocades, A Picture Book (Ehon haru no nishiki)
1771
A Hot Spring Inn at Yumoto
1851
Picture of Hideyoshi and his Five Wives Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Higashiyama (Taiko gosai rakuto yukan no zu)
c. 1803/04
Color woodblock print; oban triptych
Cherry Blossoms at Saga
1854
Cherry Blossoms on the Shinjuku Embankment at Yotsuya
1856
Cherry Blossoms at Yoshino
1827
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Spring Colors: Lion Dance at a Mansion (Shunshoku yakata no shishi-mai)
c. 1860s
Color woodblock print; ōban triptych
Tonosawa' from the series 'Depictions of the Seven Hot Springs of Hakone'
1847-1850
Sakura Gari (Cherry Blossom Hunting)
桜狩
Before 1917
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Cherry Blossoms at Night
夜桜美人図
mid-19th century, c. 1850
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Waterfall in Spring and Autumn
春秋瀑布図
1893
Color on silk; pair of hanging scrolls
Bamboo and Plum in Early Spring
1843
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Mukōjima (Mukōjima hanami no zu)
1862
Color woodblock print; ōban triptych
Viewing Cherry Blossoms in Ueno Park
上野桜遊覧之図
early 1880s
Color woodblock print; oban triptych; published by Asano Eizo
The Hanetsuki (Spring) — Girls Playing Battledore
羽根突き 春
c. 1950s
Color woodblock print
Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Goten-yama (Goten-yama hanazakari), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
20th century
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Station 50 -- Spring Rain at Tsuchiyama (Tsuchiyama, haru no ame), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan-tsugi no uchi)
19th century
Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
View of the Yokohama Pleasure Quarters of Kanagawa at Cherry Blossom Time
2nd month, 1860
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Spring Rain
1916
Pair of folding screens; color on silk
Early Spring at a Southern Lake
1906
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
Cherry Blossoms in Sendai
仙台の桜
1881
Oil on canvas
Cherry Blossom under Misty Moon
朧月夜の桜
Taishō era
Ink and light color on silk; hanging scroll
Cherry Blossoms in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara sakura no zu), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Kōto meisho)
20th century
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Cherry Blossom Viewing Party (Hanami no en)
花見の宴
1862
Color woodblock print; two panels of a vertical ōban triptych
Spring Dancers (Manzai)
early to mid-1700s
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Spring Warmth (Haru atatakai no zu)
春暖之図
March 1881
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Morning Cherry Blossoms in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara asazakura no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tōto meisho)
20th century
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Cherry Blossoms
桜花図
late 18th century
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Spring of a Main Road (Umayaji no Haru), left screen
駅路之春 左隻
1913
Ink and color on silk; folding screen
Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3: Marsh-tits and Crab Apple Flowers
ca. 1820
Privately published woodblock prints (surimono) mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3: Sparrows and Dandelions
ca. 1820
Privately published woodblock prints (surimono) mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
Group of Women on the Engawa of a Country House, in the time of the Cherry Blossoming
ca. 1806
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Spring of a Main Road (Umayaji no Haru), right screen
駅路之春 右隻
1913
Ink and color on silk; folding screen
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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.