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
広隆寺牛祭
Woodblock print

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)
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)
八月 (三条大橋より大文字)
second half 20th century
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Gion Festival
Woodblock print

Children Playing in Summer
夏の子供遊び
c. 1906
Color woodblock print

Osaka Tenjin Matsuri (large format)
Woodblock print

Late Summer - Natsu Takete — 夏たけて
Woodblock print

Late Summer - Natsu Takete — 夏たけて
Not set
Woodblock print

Bon Festival Dance
c. 1804/06
Color woodblock print; surimono

Evening at Kiyamachi during the Daimonji Festival
Woodblock print

Hozu Rapids in Early Summer
Woodblock print

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)
1783
Color woodblock print; oban

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](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/scholten/images/2ffd020c355cbf8a41c4b7ea341b4618.jpg)
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"
1936
Color woodblock print

Summer Breeze
20th century
Color woodblock print; edition 73/100

A Garden in Summer
1933
Woodblock print

No Series Summer Elegance
Woodblock print

Early Summer
Not dated (1989)
Woodblock print

Dolls in May - of the boys festival — Satsuki ningyo
1897
Woodblock print

Children's fireworks — Senko Hanabi
1896
Woodblock print

Doll Festival
1904
Woodblock print

Dolls Festival — 雛祭り
Not set
Woodblock print

Festival — お祭り
1898
Woodblock print

Early Summer
Woodblock print

Arashiyaya - Summer
Woodblock print

Summer Ocean
Woodblock print

NATSUNOUMI (the sea in summer)
Woodblock print

NATSU NO UMI (ocean in the summer)
Woodblock print

Summer
Woodblock print

Hikone Castle in Early Summer Rain
Woodblock print

Uzumasa Ox Festival - 太秦牛祭
Woodblock print

Summer Stream
1962
Color lithograph

Six immortal poets preparing for the Tanabata festival
n.d.
Color woodblock print; oban

Man in festival
Not dated (1944)
Woodblock print

Early Summer Rain, Arakawa (Samidare (Arakawa))
Samidare (Arakawa
June 1932
Color woodblock print

Late Summer
1946
Woodblock print, ink on paper

Summer Shower
夕立
1917
Color woodblock print

Bamboo in Summer
Woodblock print

Summer Night
Woodblock print

Kyoto Port Festival — 神戸港祭
Woodblock print

Port Festival (Minato matsuri), from the series "Folk Customs of Japan (Nihon minzoku zufu)"
1946
Color woodblock print

Early Summer
Woodblock print

Summer Evening - 夏の夕
1920
Woodblock print

The star festival
1968
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

July; Star Festival
Woodblock print

May; Boy's Festival
Woodblock print

Summer Fair
Woodblock print

TORI NO ICHI festival at OTAKA shrine
Woodblock print

Gion Festival. Shachihoko (dolphin).
Woodblock print

Gion Matsuri — 京都祇園祭
Woodblock print

Milky Way Festival — 七夕祭
Woodblock print

Tanabata Festival
Woodblock print

Tanabata Star Festival
Woodblock print

About Summer
Woodblock print

Summer Bijin (1)
Woodblock print

GESHI (summer solstice)
Woodblock print

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.




