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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

SHOSHO (the end of summer) by Katsuyuki Nishijima

SHOSHO (the end of summer)

Woodblock print

Woman in Summer Kimono by Hashiguchi Goyo

Woman in Summer Kimono

夏衣の女

1920

Color woodblock print

Sanjo Bridge - Summer by Okumura Koichi

Sanjo Bridge - Summer

Woodblock print

Yashima in Summer by Okumura Koichi

Yashima in Summer

Woodblock print

Early Summer by Tsuchiya Rakuzan

Early Summer

Woodblock print

Summer by Tsuchiya Rakuzan

Summer

Woodblock print

Evening at Kiyamachi during the Daimonji Festival by Kanpo Yoshikawa

Evening at Kiyamachi during the Daimonji Festival

Woodblock print

Shorei-matsuri, a bonfire on Mt. Daimonji in Kyoto by Kamei Tobei

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

Woodblock print

River Fireworks — 鴨川花火 by Kotozuka Eiichi

River Fireworks — 鴨川花火

Not set

Woodblock print

Sarusawa Pond in summer — 猿沢池 by Kotozuka Eiichi

Sarusawa Pond in summer — 猿沢池

circa 1950-1970

Woodblock print

Summer Rain in Karasaki — 唐崎夏雨 by Kotozuka Eiichi

Summer Rain in Karasaki — 唐崎夏雨

circa 1950-1970

Woodblock print

Kyoto Port Festival — 神戸港祭 by Maeda Masao

Kyoto Port Festival — 神戸港祭

Woodblock print

Summer Cool (1) by Maeda Masao

Summer Cool (1)

Woodblock print

Summer Grass by Ansei Uchima

Summer Grass

1962

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Summer Village by Tanaka Ryohei

Summer Village

1980

Etching

Summer - Summer Pond by Katsunori Hamanishi

Summer - Summer Pond

2022

Mezzotint

No Series Takayama Festival by Kawada Kan

No Series Takayama Festival

Woodblock print

Early Summer by Nagase Yoshio

Early Summer

1958

Stencil

Leave Summer by Takahashi Rikio

Leave Summer

Woodblock print

Niwa (Garden (End of Summer)) by Takahashi Rikio

Niwa (Garden (End of Summer))

Woodblock print

Summer Vacation by Takahashi Rikio

Summer Vacation

1967

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Festival by Mitsuaki Sora

Festival

October 1969

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Early Summer by Tatsuo Kawashima

Early Summer

Woodblock print

Summer Hydrangea - 夏・紫陽花 by Waichi Hayashi

Summer Hydrangea - 夏・紫陽花

Woodblock print

Matsuri Chochin 2 by Kunio Kaneko

Matsuri Chochin 2

46/150, 2004

Woodblock print

Summertime by Kunio Kaneko

Summertime

8/150, 2006

Woodblock print

Summer Afternoon (Natsu no gogo), Shôwa period, dated 1969 by Tadashi Nakayama

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

Woodblock print

Fireworks by Ito Shinsui

Fireworks

Early Summer 1932

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Bathing in Early Summer by Ito Shinsui

Bathing in Early Summer

Woodblock print

Early Summer Bath, from the series “Twelve Images of Modern Beauties” by Ito Shinsui

Early Summer Bath, from the series “Twelve Images of Modern Beauties”

1917

Color woodblock print

No. 16- Fireworks (1) by Ito Shinsui

No. 16- Fireworks (1)

Woodblock print

No. 17- Summer Flowers (1) by Ito Shinsui

No. 17- Summer Flowers (1)

Woodblock print

No. 4- Fireworks (1) by Ito Shinsui

No. 4- Fireworks (1)

Woodblock print

Fireworks at Ryogoku by Takahashi Shotei

Fireworks at Ryogoku

Woodblock print

Fireworks, Shubinomatsu by Takahashi Shotei

Fireworks, Shubinomatsu

Woodblock print

Kanda Matsuri by Takahashi Shotei

Kanda Matsuri

Woodblock print

Summer Beauty by Hashiguchi Goyo

Summer Beauty

1920

Woodblock print

Woman in Summer Kimono (Natsu yosôi no musume), Taishô period, dated 1920 by Hashiguchi Goyo

Woman in Summer Kimono (Natsu yosôi no musume), Taishô period, dated 1920

Taishô period, 1912-1926

Woodblock print

Fine Weather in Early-summer by Torii Kotondo

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) by Hashiguchi Goyo

Young Woman in Summer Kimono (natsu yosoi no musume)

1920

Woodblock print

In a Light Summer Kimono with Irises by Torii Kotondo

In a Light Summer Kimono with Irises

1932

Woodblock print

No. 5 - Summer Geisha - 夏奴 by Torii Kotondo

No. 5 - Summer Geisha - 夏奴

1934

Woodblock print

Summer Geisha (Natsuko) by Torii Kotondo

Summer Geisha (Natsuko)

ca. 1934

Woodblock print

Summer Geisha- Natsuko — 夏妓 by Torii Kotondo

Summer Geisha- Natsuko — 夏妓

1934

Woodblock print

Summer Kimono - Ayame Yukata — 菖蒲ゆかた by Torii Kotondo

Summer Kimono - Ayame Yukata — 菖蒲ゆかた

1932

Woodblock print

Hiratsuka : Star Festival in July by Jun'ichiro Sekino

Hiratsuka : Star Festival in July

Woodblock print

Den'en no matsuri, No. 2 (Village Festival, No. 2) by Hideo Hagiwara

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

Woodblock print

Fireworks (2) by Hideo Hagiwara

Fireworks (2)

1965

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Hikone Castle in Early Summer Rain by Hideo Hagiwara

Hikone Castle in Early Summer Rain

Woodblock print

Fireworks by Fumio Kitaoka

Fireworks

Woodblock print

Water-Drawing Festival (omizutori) at the Nigatsudo Hall of Todaiji, Nara by Fumio Kitaoka

Water-Drawing Festival (omizutori) at the Nigatsudo Hall of Todaiji, Nara

2000

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

The Summer Battle at Hakone by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

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) by Kawanabe Kyosai

Dance of the Harvest Festival (Hônen mansaku odori)

Woodblock print

Summer Moon at Iwado by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Summer Moon at Iwado

1881

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Summer Night at Asakusa Kuramae by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Summer Night at Asakusa Kuramae

1881

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Early Summer Evening by Uemura Shoen

Early Summer Evening

Woodblock print

Annual Edo Customs: Seventh Month, Tanabata Festival at Sujikai Mitsuke Crossroads by Toyohara Chikanobu

Annual Edo Customs: Seventh Month, Tanabata Festival at Sujikai Mitsuke Crossroads

Woodblock print

Triptych: Port Festival Scene by Toyohara Chikanobu

Triptych: Port Festival Scene

Meiji period, 1890

Woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

Summer Lady — 夏の女 by Takehisa Yumeji

Summer Lady — 夏の女

Woodblock print

Takasegawa-Summer by Clifton Karhu

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.