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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)" by Katsushika Hokusai

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) by Katsushika Hokusai

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 by Utagawa Hiroshige

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 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Edo Firemen Demonstrating Ladder-climbing During Festival

19th century

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

Dahlias by Inuzuka Taisui

Dahlias

July 1929

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Morning Glories by Inuzuka Taisui

Morning Glories

August 1929

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

#16. Horikiri by Utagawa Hiroshige

#16. Horikiri

Woodblock print

Irises by Tsuruya Kokei

Irises

Not set

Woodblock print

Full Season by Takahashi Rikio

Full Season

Woodblock print

Reflection in a Mirror- Marumage — Marumage (Natsu) by Shimura Tatsumi

Reflection in a Mirror- Marumage — Marumage (Natsu)

1953

Woodblock print

Seabathing by Takahashi Rikio

Seabathing

1970

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Diary: July 18 '08, in Israel by Tetsuya Noda

Diary: July 18 '08, in Israel

2008

Woodcut, silkscreen

Diary: June 24 ’78 by Tetsuya Noda

Diary: June 24 ’78

June 1978

Screenprint

Diary: July 9th '08, in Istanbul by Tetsuya Noda

Diary: July 9th '08, in Istanbul

2008

Woodcut, silkscreen

#9. Shinobazunoike Benten by Utagawa Hiroshige

#9. Shinobazunoike Benten

Woodblock print

FUZUKI (July) by Katsuyuki Nishijima

FUZUKI (July)

Woodblock print

Hunting Fireflies in Cool Breeze by Takahashi Shotei

Hunting Fireflies in Cool Breeze

Woodblock print

Ayu - 鮎 by Joshua Rome

Ayu - 鮎

Woodblock print

Kamogawa by Miki Suizan

Kamogawa

Woodblock print

Greenery — 緑華 by Waichi Hayashi

Greenery — 緑華

Woodblock print

Before the Storm by Ito Shinsui

Before the Storm

1915

Color woodblock print

Before a Thunderstorm by Ito Shinsui

Before a Thunderstorm

March 1920

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Afternoon at  Shirahama by Ito Shinsui

Afternoon at Shirahama

1939

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Cooling Off by Ito Shinsui

Cooling Off

June 1925

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

High Noon by Ito Shinsui

High Noon

1937

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

July, after the bath — Shichigatsu Yuagari by Shima Seien

July, after the bath — Shichigatsu Yuagari

Woodblock print

Catching fireflies — Hotaru-gari by Ito Shinsui

Catching fireflies — Hotaru-gari

Woodblock print

Hanging Up the Mosquito Net by Ito Shinsui

Hanging Up the Mosquito Net

Woodblock print

Hizakari Himeiji, Shôwa period, dated 1965 by Tadashige Ono

Hizakari Himeiji, Shôwa period, dated 1965

Woodblock print

MIDORINOKISETSU D (Green season D) by Fumio Fujita

MIDORINOKISETSU D (Green season D)

Woodblock print

July, After a Bath by Shima Seien

July, After a Bath

Woodblock print

Catching Fireflies in the Evining Cool by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Catching Fireflies in the Evining Cool

Woodblock print

Gentle Breeze- oban by Kaoru Kawano

Gentle Breeze- oban

Woodblock print

Long Undergarments by Torii Kotondo

Long Undergarments

July 1929

Woodblock print

The Four Seasons in Southern Edo: A Summer Scene (Minami shiki;  Natsu [no] kei) by Utagawa Toyokuni I

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 by Ogata Gekko

Moring Glories — 朝がお

Woodblock print

Morning Glories by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Morning Glories

Woodblock print

Ochanomizu hotaru by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Ochanomizu hotaru

Woodblock print

Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Summer Blackbird II by Ed Miliano

Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Summer Blackbird II

Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Summer Blackbird VE by Ed Miliano

Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Summer Blackbird VE

Fireflies at Ochanomizu — 御茶水螢 by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Fireflies at Ochanomizu — 御茶水螢

Woodblock print

Lilies by Nishimura Hodo

Lilies

Woodblock print

Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Summer Blackbird VII by Ed Miliano

Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Summer Blackbird VII

Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Summer Tree by Ed Miliano

Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Summer Tree

Keinen kachōgafu, natsu no bu (Summer volume) by Imao Keinen

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) by Katsuyuki Nishijima

SAWAYAKA (Refreshing)

Woodblock print

A Collection of Flower and Bird Paintings (Keinen kachō gafu), vol.2 (Summer) by Imao Keinen

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 by Miyagawa Shuntei

July — 其七 海水浴

1898

Woodblock print

ENCYU (Hot Afternoon) by Katsuyuki Nishijima

ENCYU (Hot Afternoon)

Woodblock print

Peaches by Hideo Hagiwara

Peaches

1954

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Mosquito — 蚊やり by Miyagawa Shuntei

Mosquito — 蚊やり

1897

Woodblock print

Thunder in the Farming Land by Kotozuka Eiichi

Thunder in the Farming Land

Not set

Woodblock print

Gentle Breeze- LE by Kaoru Kawano

Gentle Breeze- LE

Woodblock print

Nap (Hirune) by Paul Binnie

Nap (Hirune)

Woodblock print

Arrowhead by Yoshitoshi Mori

Arrowhead

Woodblock print

Green Green by Kunio Kaneko

Green Green

1995, unlimited

Woodblock print

Young Woman Amid Morning Glories 17/30 by Okiie Hashimoto

Young Woman Amid Morning Glories 17/30

1956

Woodblock print

Summer Day by Fukita Fumiaki

Summer Day

Woodblock print

The Star Festival by Takuji Hamanaka

The Star Festival

Collaged mokuhanga prints on paper

Woman in Summer Robe by Hashiguchi Goyo

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.