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Village Scenes Prints (228)

Rural village life in Japanese woodblock prints, depicting thatched-roof farmhouses, rice paddies, country roads, and the rhythms of agricultural life. Village scenes offer a nostalgic counterpoint to urban subjects, celebrating traditional Japanese countryside.

Artists Known for Village Scenes

A Farmhouse in Autumn, Ayashi, Miyagi Prefecture (Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi) by Kawase Hasui

A Farmhouse in Autumn, Ayashi, Miyagi Prefecture (Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi)

Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi

1946

Color woodblock print

Celebrating the Good Harvest: Felicitations for a Thousand Ages (Nôhônen, Chiyo no kotobuki) by Kawanabe Kyosai

Celebrating the Good Harvest: Felicitations for a Thousand Ages (Nôhônen, Chiyo no kotobuki)

Woodblock print

Eastern Hamlet, Horyu Temple (Horyuji higashi sato) by Kawase Hasui

Eastern Hamlet, Horyu Temple (Horyuji higashi sato)

1956

Color woodblock print

Village Scene in Nara by Ido Masao

Village Scene in Nara

Woodblock print

Kamoson Village, Sado, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series" (Tabi miyage dai nishu, Sado Kamoson) by Kawase Hasui

Kamoson Village, Sado, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series" (Tabi miyage dai nishu, Sado Kamoson)

17 August 1921

Color woodblock print

Kanago Village, Ibaraki Prefecture (Kanagomura (Ibaraki ken)) by Kawase Hasui

Kanago Village, Ibaraki Prefecture (Kanagomura (Ibaraki ken))

1954

Color woodblock print

Fishing Village, Shôwa period, mid 20th century by Maeda Masao

Fishing Village, Shôwa period, mid 20th century

Woodblock print

Twilight in the Village, Nara by Takeji Asano

Twilight in the Village, Nara

ca. 1950s

Woodblock print

Fishing Village, Shôwa period, dated 1959 by Fumio Kitaoka

Fishing Village, Shôwa period, dated 1959

Woodblock print

Seaside Cottage, Himi, Etchu, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series" (Tabi miyage dai nishu, Hama shooku (Etchu Himi)) by Kawase Hasui

Seaside Cottage, Himi, Etchu, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series" (Tabi miyage dai nishu, Hama shooku (Etchu Himi))

6 September 1921

Color woodblock print

Tamiya Village, Saitama (Saitama Tamiyamura) by Kawase Hasui

Tamiya Village, Saitama (Saitama Tamiyamura)

1941

Color woodblock print

F

Fishing Village

漁村

c. 1938

Color woodblock print

T

Thatched Roof Farmhouse

茅葺きの農家

c. 1935

Color woodblock print

Village Near Futamigaura by Tsuchiya Koitsu

Village Near Futamigaura

Woodblock print

Village by Henmi Takashi

Village

Early 20th century

Color woodblock print

Seaside Village by Henmi Takashi

Seaside Village

1920

Color woodblock print

Morning at a Seaside Village by Henmi Takashi

Morning at a Seaside Village

1929

Color woodblock print

Farmhouse by Hiroshi Yoshida

Farmhouse

1946

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Triptych: Village of Cherry Blossoms, from the series Esteemed Towns and Villages (Tôsei furaku tsû), Meiji period, 1897 by Miyagawa Shuntei

Triptych: Village of Cherry Blossoms, from the series Esteemed Towns and Villages (Tôsei furaku tsû), Meiji period, 1897

Meiji period, 1868-1912

Woodblock print

Village of Straw by Joshua Rome

Village of Straw

Woodblock print

Fishing Village - Gyoson by Joshua Rome

Fishing Village - Gyoson

Woodblock print

A village- snow — 雪の里 by Ryusei Okamoto

A village- snow — 雪の里

Woodblock print

Snowy village by Asada Benji

Snowy village

Woodblock print

A village- snow — 雪の里 by Okamoto Yoshimi

A village- snow — 雪の里

Woodblock print

Mountain Village by Miyamoto Shufu

Mountain Village

Woodblock print

Village Near Nikko by Yuhan Ito

Village Near Nikko

Woodblock print

Pond and Village in Spring by Yuhan Ito

Pond and Village in Spring

Woodblock print

Mt Fuji and village in spring by Yuhan Ito

Mt Fuji and village in spring

Woodblock print

Village with torii gate and lantern by Yuhan Ito

Village with torii gate and lantern

Woodblock print

Yoshida Village by Hiroshi Yoshida

Yoshida Village

1926

Woodblock print

Unknown, snowy village- Yaizunohara by Gihachiro Okuyama

Unknown, snowy village- Yaizunohara

Woodblock print

Pine Trees at Ogo Village, Northern Shinshu by Shiro Kasamatsu

Pine Trees at Ogo Village, Northern Shinshu

北信州 小郷村の松

1950

Color woodblock print

Title unknown [Village] by Sumio Kawakami

Title unknown [Village]

c. 1960

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Village Children Playing Baseball by Sumio Kawakami

Village Children Playing Baseball

1936

Woodblock print, ink on paper

Village Landscape by Sumio Kawakami

Village Landscape

Woodblock print

OKUUDA-NO-SATO (Village of Okuuda) by Katsuyuki Nishijima

OKUUDA-NO-SATO (Village of Okuuda)

Woodblock print

Village scene by Katsuyuki Nishijima

Village scene

Woodblock print

Spring of a Village among the Hills by Fumio Fujita

Spring of a Village among the Hills

Woodblock print

Thatched roofs in mountain village by Koichi Maeda

Thatched roofs in mountain village

Woodblock print

Snowy village by Ito Nisaburo

Snowy village

Woodblock print

Snowy village - woodblock by Ito Nisaburo

Snowy village - woodblock

Woodblock print

Isomura Village by Okumura Koichi

Isomura Village

Woodblock print

Autumn Tints in a Village by Koho Shoda

Autumn Tints in a Village

Woodblock print

The Village of Yoshida (Yoshida mura), from the series "Ten Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji jukkei)" by Hiroshi Yoshida

The Village of Yoshida (Yoshida mura), from the series "Ten Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji jukkei)"

Yoshida mura

1926

Color woodblock print

Snowy village by Kotozuka Eiichi

Snowy village

Not set

Woodblock print

Snowy village - woodblock by Kotozuka Eiichi

Snowy village - woodblock

Not set

Woodblock print

Seaside Village by Maeda Masao

Seaside Village

Woodblock print

Village Scene in Nara by Maeda Masao

Village Scene in Nara

Woodblock print

Mouton devant un village (Sheep in front of a village) by Keiko Minami

Mouton devant un village (Sheep in front of a village)

1960s

Etching with aquatint, ink and color on paper

Small Thatched Roof by Tanaka Ryohei

Small Thatched Roof

1980

Etching

Summer Village by Tanaka Ryohei

Summer Village

1980

Etching

Thatched Roof Composition by Tanaka Ryohei

Thatched Roof Composition

1981

Etching

Thatched roof No. 10 by Tanaka Ryohei

Thatched roof No. 10

1970

Etching and aquatint, ink on paper

Thatched roof No. 13 by Tanaka Ryohei

Thatched roof No. 13

1972

Etching amd aquatint, ink on paper

Thatched roof No. 7 by Tanaka Ryohei

Thatched roof No. 7

1969

Etching and aquatint, ink on paper

Village in Mountains (4) by Tanaka Ryohei

Village in Mountains (4)

Woodblock print

Village of Light Houses, Shôwa period, circa 1970s by Tanaka Ryohei

Village of Light Houses, Shôwa period, circa 1970s

Woodblock print

Village with lighthouse by Tanaka Ryohei

Village with lighthouse

1970

Etching and aquatint, ink on paper

Musician, Greenwich Village, New York by Takahashi Rikio

Musician, Greenwich Village, New York

Woodblock print

Mountain Village in Snow by Sano Seiji

Mountain Village in Snow

2002

Woodblock print

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Frequently Asked Questions

Rural village life in Japanese woodblock prints, depicting thatched-roof farmhouses, rice paddies, country roads, and the rhythms of agricultural life. Village scenes offer a nostalgic counterpoint to urban subjects, celebrating traditional Japanese countryside.

Tanaka Ryohei, Kawase Hasui, and Saito Kiyoshi are among the artists most associated with village scenes in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.

Hanga currently catalogues 228 prints tagged with village scenes, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.