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Summer Prints (311)

Summer scenes in Japanese woodblock prints, featuring fireworks, festivals (matsuri), lush green landscapes, cicadas, morning glories, lotus ponds, and the distinctive heat shimmer of the Japanese summer rendered through bokashi gradation.

Artists Known for Summer

Bull Festival at Koryuji by Takeji Asano

Bull Festival at Koryuji

広隆寺牛祭

Woodblock print

February (The Annual Festival of the Fushimi Inari) by Tomikichiro Tokuriki

February (The Annual Festival of the Fushimi Inari)

二月 (伏見稲荷大社祭)

second half 20th century

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

July (Gorgeous Procession of Yama-hoko or the Floats at the Gion Festival) by Tomikichiro Tokuriki

July (Gorgeous Procession of Yama-hoko or the Floats at the Gion Festival)

七月 (祇園祭山鉾巡行)

second half 20th century

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

August (The Bonfire Festival of the Daimonji Hill Viewed from the Sanjo Bridge) by Tomikichiro Tokuriki

August (The Bonfire Festival of the Daimonji Hill Viewed from the Sanjo Bridge)

八月 (三条大橋より大文字)

second half 20th century

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Gion Festival by Tomikichiro Tokuriki

Gion Festival

Woodblock print

Children Playing in Summer by Yamamoto Shoun

Children Playing in Summer

夏の子供遊び

c. 1906

Color woodblock print

Osaka Tenjin Matsuri (large format) by Tomikichiro Tokuriki

Osaka Tenjin Matsuri (large format)

Woodblock print

Late Summer - Natsu Takete — 夏たけて by Yamakawa Shuho

Late Summer - Natsu Takete — 夏たけて

Woodblock print

Late Summer - Natsu Takete — 夏たけて by Shimura Tatsumi

Late Summer - Natsu Takete — 夏たけて

Not set

Woodblock print

Bon Festival Dance by Katsushika Hokusai

Bon Festival Dance

c. 1804/06

Color woodblock print; surimono

Evening at Kiyamachi during the Daimonji Festival by Miki Suizan

Evening at Kiyamachi during the Daimonji Festival

Woodblock print

Hozu Rapids in Early Summer by Miki Suizan

Hozu Rapids in Early Summer

Woodblock print

Preparing Tea at Miyako Odori Festival — Miyako Odori no Tencha by Miki Suizan

Preparing Tea at Miyako Odori Festival — Miyako Odori no Tencha

Woodblock print

Omando: Ochie, Onokichi of the Matsuya, from the series Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu) (Omando, Matsuya uchi Ochie, Onokichi) by Kitagawa Utamaro

Omando: Ochie, Onokichi of the Matsuya, from the series Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu) (Omando, Matsuya uchi Ochie, Onokichi)

1783

Color woodblock print; oban

Summer Rain, Beppu Hotspring — Natsusugata (Beppu) by Hirano Hakuhō

Summer Rain, Beppu Hotspring — Natsusugata (Beppu)

Woodblock print

Seasons of the Pleasure Quarters: no. 3, Horie in Summer, Twilight (Kuruwa no shunju: Dai-san natsu [Horie], Yugure) by Kitano Tsunetomi

Seasons of the Pleasure Quarters: no. 3, Horie in Summer, Twilight (Kuruwa no shunju: Dai-san natsu [Horie], Yugure)

Woodblock print

Summer Moon at Miyajima, from the series "Collection of Views of Japan" by Tsuchiya Koitsu

Summer Moon at Miyajima, from the series "Collection of Views of Japan"

1936

Color woodblock print

Summer Breeze by Tatsuo Kawashima

Summer Breeze

20th century

Color woodblock print; edition 73/100

A Garden in Summer by Hiroshi Yoshida

A Garden in Summer

1933

Woodblock print

No Series Summer Elegance by Sentaro Iwata

No Series Summer Elegance

Woodblock print

Early Summer by Yoshisuke Funasaka

Early Summer

Not dated (1989)

Woodblock print

Dolls in May - of the boys festival — Satsuki ningyo by Miyagawa Shuntei

Dolls in May - of the boys festival — Satsuki ningyo

1897

Woodblock print

Children's fireworks — Senko Hanabi by Miyagawa Shuntei

Children's fireworks — Senko Hanabi

1896

Woodblock print

Doll Festival by Miyagawa Shuntei

Doll Festival

1904

Woodblock print

Dolls Festival — 雛祭り by Miyagawa Shuntei

Dolls Festival — 雛祭り

Not set

Woodblock print

Festival — お祭り by Miyagawa Shuntei

Festival — お祭り

1898

Woodblock print

Early Summer by Kitano Tsunetomi

Early Summer

Woodblock print

Arashiyaya - Summer by Okumura Koichi

Arashiyaya - Summer

Woodblock print

Summer Ocean by Kimura Yoshiharu

Summer Ocean

Woodblock print

NATSUNOUMI (the sea in summer) by Kimura Yoshiharu

NATSUNOUMI (the sea in summer)

Woodblock print

NATSU NO UMI (ocean in the summer) by Kimura Yoshiharu

NATSU NO UMI (ocean in the summer)

Woodblock print

Summer by Maeda Toshiro

Summer

Woodblock print

Hikone Castle in Early Summer Rain by Nishiyama Hideo

Hikone Castle in Early Summer Rain

Woodblock print

Uzumasa Ox Festival - 太秦牛祭 by Kamei Tobei

Uzumasa Ox Festival - 太秦牛祭

Woodblock print

Summer Stream by Ansei Uchima

Summer Stream

1962

Color lithograph

Six immortal poets preparing for the Tanabata festival by Katsushika Hokusai

Six immortal poets preparing for the Tanabata festival

n.d.

Color woodblock print; oban

Man in festival by Okiie Hashimoto

Man in festival

Not dated (1944)

Woodblock print

Early Summer Rain, Arakawa (Samidare (Arakawa)) by Kawase Hasui

Early Summer Rain, Arakawa (Samidare (Arakawa))

Samidare (Arakawa

June 1932

Color woodblock print

Late Summer by Kihei Sasajima

Late Summer

1946

Woodblock print, ink on paper

Summer Shower by Ito Shinsui

Summer Shower

夕立

1917

Color woodblock print

Bamboo in Summer by Shiro Kasamatsu

Bamboo in Summer

Woodblock print

Summer Night by Shiro Kasamatsu

Summer Night

Woodblock print

Kyoto Port Festival — 神戸港祭 by Hide Kawanishi

Kyoto Port Festival — 神戸港祭

Woodblock print

Port Festival (Minato matsuri), from the series "Folk Customs of Japan (Nihon minzoku zufu)" by Hide Kawanishi

Port Festival (Minato matsuri), from the series "Folk Customs of Japan (Nihon minzoku zufu)"

1946

Color woodblock print

Early Summer by Hiroyuki Tajima

Early Summer

Woodblock print

Summer Evening - 夏の夕 by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi

Summer Evening - 夏の夕

1920

Woodblock print

The star festival by Joichi Hoshi

The star festival

1968

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

July; Star Festival by Yoshitoshi Mori

July; Star Festival

Woodblock print

May; Boy's Festival by Yoshitoshi Mori

May; Boy's Festival

Woodblock print

Summer Fair by Yoshitoshi Mori

Summer Fair

Woodblock print

TORI NO ICHI festival at OTAKA shrine by Yoshitoshi Mori

TORI NO ICHI festival at OTAKA shrine

Woodblock print

Gion Festival. Shachihoko (dolphin). by Maekawa Senpan

Gion Festival. Shachihoko (dolphin).

Woodblock print

Gion Matsuri — 京都祇園祭 by Maekawa Senpan

Gion Matsuri — 京都祇園祭

Woodblock print

Milky Way Festival — 七夕祭 by Maekawa Senpan

Milky Way Festival — 七夕祭

Woodblock print

Tanabata Festival by Maekawa Senpan

Tanabata Festival

Woodblock print

Tanabata Star Festival by Maekawa Senpan

Tanabata Star Festival

Woodblock print

About Summer by Katsuyuki Nishijima

About Summer

Woodblock print

Summer Bijin (1) by Uemura Shoen

Summer Bijin (1)

Woodblock print

GESHI (summer solstice) by Katsuyuki Nishijima

GESHI (summer solstice)

Woodblock print

MATSURINOHI (Festival Day) by Katsuyuki Nishijima

MATSURINOHI (Festival Day)

Woodblock print

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Frequently Asked Questions

Summer scenes in Japanese woodblock prints, featuring fireworks, festivals (matsuri), lush green landscapes, cicadas, morning glories, lotus ponds, and the distinctive heat shimmer of the Japanese summer rendered through bokashi gradation.

Ito Shinsui, Katsuyuki Nishijima, and Torii Kotondo are among the artists most associated with summer in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.

Hanga currently catalogues 311 prints tagged with summer, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.