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

SHOSHO (the end of summer)
Woodblock print

Woman in Summer Kimono
夏衣の女
1920
Color woodblock print

Sanjo Bridge - Summer
Woodblock print

Yashima in Summer
Woodblock print

Early Summer
Woodblock print

Summer
Woodblock print

Evening at Kiyamachi during the Daimonji Festival
Woodblock print

Shorei-matsuri, a bonfire on Mt. Daimonji in Kyoto
Woodblock print

River Fireworks — 鴨川花火
Not set
Woodblock print

Sarusawa Pond in summer — 猿沢池
circa 1950-1970
Woodblock print

Summer Rain in Karasaki — 唐崎夏雨
circa 1950-1970
Woodblock print

Kyoto Port Festival — 神戸港祭
Woodblock print

Summer Cool (1)
Woodblock print

Summer Grass
1962
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Summer Village
1980
Etching

Summer - Summer Pond
2022
Mezzotint

No Series Takayama Festival
Woodblock print

Early Summer
1958
Stencil

Leave Summer
Woodblock print

Niwa (Garden (End of Summer))
Woodblock print

Summer Vacation
1967
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Festival
October 1969
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Early Summer
Woodblock print

Summer Hydrangea - 夏・紫陽花
Woodblock print

Matsuri Chochin 2
46/150, 2004
Woodblock print

Summertime
8/150, 2006
Woodblock print

Summer Afternoon (Natsu no gogo), Shôwa period, dated 1969
Woodblock print

Fireworks
Early Summer 1932
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Bathing in Early Summer
Woodblock print

Early Summer Bath, from the series “Twelve Images of Modern Beauties”
1917
Color woodblock print

No. 16- Fireworks (1)
Woodblock print

No. 17- Summer Flowers (1)
Woodblock print

No. 4- Fireworks (1)
Woodblock print

Fireworks at Ryogoku
Woodblock print

Fireworks, Shubinomatsu
Woodblock print

Kanda Matsuri
Woodblock print

Summer Beauty
1920
Woodblock print

Woman in Summer Kimono (Natsu yosôi no musume), Taishô period, dated 1920
Taishô period, 1912-1926
Woodblock print

Fine Weather in Early-summer
May 1936
Woodblock printed book page, ink and color on paper

Young Woman in Summer Kimono (natsu yosoi no musume)
1920
Woodblock print

In a Light Summer Kimono with Irises
1932
Woodblock print

No. 5 - Summer Geisha - 夏奴
1934
Woodblock print

Summer Geisha (Natsuko)
ca. 1934
Woodblock print

Summer Geisha- Natsuko — 夏妓
1934
Woodblock print

Summer Kimono - Ayame Yukata — 菖蒲ゆかた
1932
Woodblock print

Hiratsuka : Star Festival in July
Woodblock print

Den'en no matsuri, No. 2 (Village Festival, No. 2)
Woodblock print

Fireworks (2)
1965
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Hikone Castle in Early Summer Rain
Woodblock print

Fireworks
Woodblock print

Water-Drawing Festival (omizutori) at the Nigatsudo Hall of Todaiji, Nara
2000
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

The Summer Battle at Hakone
c. 1874
Preparatory drawing for a print, ink and color on paper

Dance of the Harvest Festival (Hônen mansaku odori)
Woodblock print

Summer Moon at Iwado
1881
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Summer Night at Asakusa Kuramae
1881
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Early Summer Evening
Woodblock print

Annual Edo Customs: Seventh Month, Tanabata Festival at Sujikai Mitsuke Crossroads
Woodblock print
Triptych: Port Festival Scene
Meiji period, 1890
Woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

Summer Lady — 夏の女
Woodblock print

Takasegawa-Summer
1990
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
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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.




