Summer Prints (304)
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

Asakusa Festival (Asakusa matsuri), from the illustrated book "Picture Book of Amusements of the East (Ehon Azuma asobi)"
c. 1802
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book
Scene in May: The Boys' Festival (Gogatsu no kei)
c. 1800-1810
Woodblock print (naga surimono); ink and color on paper

Miya: Religious Festival at Atsuta Shrine (Miya, Atsuta shinji), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido
c. 1833/34
Color woodblock print; oban
Edo Firemen Demonstrating Ladder-climbing During Festival
19th century
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dahlias
July 1929
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Morning Glories
August 1929
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

#16. Horikiri
Woodblock print

Irises
Not set
Woodblock print

Full Season
Woodblock print

Reflection in a Mirror- Marumage — Marumage (Natsu)
1953
Woodblock print

Seabathing
1970
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Diary: July 18 '08, in Israel
2008
Woodcut, silkscreen

Diary: June 24 ’78
June 1978
Screenprint

Diary: July 9th '08, in Istanbul
2008
Woodcut, silkscreen

#9. Shinobazunoike Benten
Woodblock print

FUZUKI (July)
Woodblock print

Hunting Fireflies in Cool Breeze
Woodblock print

Ayu - 鮎
Woodblock print

Kamogawa
Woodblock print

Greenery — 緑華
Woodblock print

Before the Storm
1915
Color woodblock print

Before a Thunderstorm
March 1920
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Afternoon at Shirahama
1939
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Cooling Off
June 1925
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

High Noon
1937
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

July, after the bath — Shichigatsu Yuagari
Woodblock print

Catching fireflies — Hotaru-gari
Woodblock print

Hanging Up the Mosquito Net
Woodblock print

Hizakari Himeiji, Shôwa period, dated 1965
Woodblock print

MIDORINOKISETSU D (Green season D)
Woodblock print

July, After a Bath
Woodblock print

Catching Fireflies in the Evining Cool
Woodblock print

Gentle Breeze- oban
Woodblock print

Long Undergarments
July 1929
Woodblock print
![The Four Seasons in Southern Edo: A Summer Scene (Minami shiki; Natsu [no] kei) by Utagawa Toyokuni I](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/as/original/DP145697.jpg)
The Four Seasons in Southern Edo: A Summer Scene (Minami shiki; Natsu [no] kei)
late 1780s
Right and center sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Moring Glories — 朝がお
Woodblock print

Morning Glories
Woodblock print

Ochanomizu hotaru
Woodblock print

Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Summer Blackbird II

Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Summer Blackbird VE

Fireflies at Ochanomizu — 御茶水螢
Woodblock print

Lilies
Woodblock print

Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Summer Blackbird VII

Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Summer Tree

Keinen kachōgafu, natsu no bu (Summer volume)
景年花鳥畫譜 夏之部
1891
Woodblock-printed album; ink and color on paper

SAWAYAKA (Refreshing)
Woodblock print

A Collection of Flower and Bird Paintings (Keinen kachō gafu), vol.2 (Summer)
景年花鳥畫譜 夏之部
1891
Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

July — 其七 海水浴
1898
Woodblock print

ENCYU (Hot Afternoon)
Woodblock print

Peaches
1954
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Mosquito — 蚊やり
1897
Woodblock print

Thunder in the Farming Land
Not set
Woodblock print

Gentle Breeze- LE
Woodblock print

Nap (Hirune)
Woodblock print

Arrowhead
Woodblock print

Green Green
1995, unlimited
Woodblock print

Young Woman Amid Morning Glories 17/30
1956
Woodblock print

Summer Day
Woodblock print

The Star Festival
Collaged mokuhanga prints on paper

Woman in Summer Robe
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 Miyagawa Shuntei 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 304 prints tagged with summer, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.




