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)
Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi
1946
Color woodblock print
Celebrating the Good Harvest: Felicitations for a Thousand Ages (Nôhônen, Chiyo no kotobuki)
Woodblock print

Eastern Hamlet, Horyu Temple (Horyuji higashi sato)
1956
Color woodblock print

Village Scene in Nara
Woodblock print

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))
1954
Color woodblock print

Fishing Village, Shôwa period, mid 20th century
Woodblock print

Twilight in the Village, Nara
ca. 1950s
Woodblock print
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))
6 September 1921
Color woodblock print

Tamiya Village, Saitama (Saitama Tamiyamura)
1941
Color woodblock print
Fishing Village
漁村
c. 1938
Color woodblock print
Thatched Roof Farmhouse
茅葺きの農家
c. 1935
Color woodblock print

Village Near Futamigaura
Woodblock print

Village
Early 20th century
Color woodblock print

Seaside Village
1920
Color woodblock print

Morning at a Seaside Village
1929
Color woodblock print

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
Meiji period, 1868-1912
Woodblock print

Village of Straw
Woodblock print

Fishing Village - Gyoson
Woodblock print

A village- snow — 雪の里
Woodblock print

Snowy village
Woodblock print

A village- snow — 雪の里
Woodblock print

Mountain Village
Woodblock print

Village Near Nikko
Woodblock print

Pond and Village in Spring
Woodblock print

Mt Fuji and village in spring
Woodblock print

Village with torii gate and lantern
Woodblock print

Yoshida Village
1926
Woodblock print

Unknown, snowy village- Yaizunohara
Woodblock print

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](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135639.jpg)
Title unknown [Village]
c. 1960
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Village Children Playing Baseball
1936
Woodblock print, ink on paper

Village Landscape
Woodblock print

OKUUDA-NO-SATO (Village of Okuuda)
Woodblock print

Village scene
Woodblock print

Spring of a Village among the Hills
Woodblock print

Thatched roofs in mountain village
Woodblock print

Snowy village
Woodblock print

Snowy village - woodblock
Woodblock print

Isomura Village
Woodblock print

Autumn Tints in a Village
Woodblock print

The Village of Yoshida (Yoshida mura), from the series "Ten Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji jukkei)"
Yoshida mura
1926
Color woodblock print

Snowy village
Not set
Woodblock print

Snowy village - woodblock
Not set
Woodblock print

Seaside Village
Woodblock print

Village Scene in Nara
Woodblock print

Mouton devant un village (Sheep in front of a village)
1960s
Etching with aquatint, ink and color on paper

Small Thatched Roof
1980
Etching

Summer Village
1980
Etching

Thatched Roof Composition
1981
Etching

Thatched roof No. 10
1970
Etching and aquatint, ink on paper

Thatched roof No. 13
1972
Etching amd aquatint, ink on paper

Thatched roof No. 7
1969
Etching and aquatint, ink on paper

Village in Mountains (4)
Woodblock print

Village of Light Houses, Shôwa period, circa 1970s
Woodblock print

Village with lighthouse
1970
Etching and aquatint, ink on paper

Musician, Greenwich Village, New York
Woodblock print

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.





