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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

Mitate No.71 - Village (Mura) by Nana Shiomi

Mitate No.71 - Village (Mura)

2004

Print

Village of Ohara (Ohara no sato) by Tatsuo Kawashima

Village of Ohara (Ohara no sato)

20th century

Color woodblock print; edition 74/100

Village of Yuge by Tatsuo Kawashima

Village of Yuge

Woodblock print

Untitled [mountains, village, and boater] by Amano Kazumi

Untitled [mountains, village, and boater]

late 1950s

Woodblock print, ink on paper

Fishing Village by Jun'ichiro Sekino

Fishing Village

1954

Color woodblock print; edition 23/30

Evening Snow at Terajima Village (Yuki ni fururu Terajima mura), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" by Kawase Hasui

Evening Snow at Terajima Village (Yuki ni fururu Terajima mura), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"

1920

Color woodblock print

M-25 Late Autumn in a village- peasant girl by Takahashi Shotei

M-25 Late Autumn in a village- peasant girl

Woodblock print

Village in the Rain- Igusa by Takahashi Shotei

Village in the Rain- Igusa

Woodblock print

Street, road, village by Saito Kiyoshi

Street, road, village

Woodblock print

Village in Aizu by Saito Kiyoshi

Village in Aizu

1945

Color woodblock print

Village of Mito by Saito Kiyoshi

Village of Mito

Woodblock print

Village Scene with Persimmon Tree by Saito Kiyoshi

Village Scene with Persimmon Tree

1963?

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Qufu Village, Shandong Province, China by Hiratsuka Un'ichi

Qufu Village, Shandong Province, China

1955

Woodblock print

Shirasuka: Fishing Village by Jun'ichiro Sekino

Shirasuka: Fishing Village

Woodblock print

Farmhouse, Shôwa period, dated 1951 by Umetaro Azechi

Farmhouse, Shôwa period, dated 1951

Woodblock print

Mountain Village by Umetaro Azechi

Mountain Village

Woodblock print

Remote Village by Umetaro Azechi

Remote Village

Later edition of 1950s design

Color woodblock print

Snowy Mountain Village by Umetaro Azechi

Snowy Mountain Village

Woodblock print

Village in Deep Interior by Umetaro Azechi

Village in Deep Interior

Woodblock print

Village Man by Umetaro Azechi

Village Man

1954

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

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

Fishing Village in the Afternoon 13/210 by Fumio Kitaoka

Fishing Village in the Afternoon 13/210

Woodblock print

Outskirt of a Village (Mura hazure) by Fumio Kitaoka

Outskirt of a Village (Mura hazure)

1969

Color woodblock print; edition 38/50

Spring of a Village among the Hills by Fumio Kitaoka

Spring of a Village among the Hills

Woodblock print

Ishibe: Megawa Village (Ishibe, Megawa no sato), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Ishibe: Megawa Village (Ishibe, Megawa no sato), 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

The Village of Yase (Yase no sato), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

The Village of Yase (Yase no sato), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"

c. 1834

Color woodblock print; oban

Farming by Ohno Bakufu

Farming

Woodblock print

House in Aizu by Saito Kiyoshi

House in Aizu

1972

Color woodblock print

Morning at the Arayu Spa, Shiobara (Toyado no asa (Shiobara Arayu)) by Kawase Hasui

Morning at the Arayu Spa, Shiobara (Toyado no asa (Shiobara Arayu))

1946

Color woodblock print

Morning in Nishibira, Izu (Izu Nishibira no asa) by Kawase Hasui

Morning in Nishibira, Izu (Izu Nishibira no asa)

1953

Color woodblock print

#30. Tsukudajima by Utagawa Hiroshige

#30. Tsukudajima

Woodblock print

Camblain L'Abbe by Yoshijiro Urushibara

Camblain L'Abbe

ca. 1923

Print

F

Farmers at Rest

休む農夫たち

c. 1932

Color woodblock print

Ushibori (Ushibori) by Kawase Hasui

Ushibori (Ushibori)

1930

Color woodblock print

Yugashima, Ito (Ito Yugashima) by Kawase Hasui

Yugashima, Ito (Ito Yugashima)

1936

Color woodblock print; oban

Nogami, Saitama Prefecture (Saitama ken Nogami-cho) by Kawase Hasui

Nogami, Saitama Prefecture (Saitama ken Nogami-cho)

1946

Color woodblock print

Higashi-cho, Hirakata (Hirakata Higashi-cho) by Kawase Hasui

Higashi-cho, Hirakata (Hirakata Higashi-cho)

1945

Color woodblock print; oban

Cloudy Day in Mizuki, Ibaraki Prefecture (Mizuki no komoribi) by Kawase Hasui

Cloudy Day in Mizuki, Ibaraki Prefecture (Mizuki no komoribi)

1946

Color woodblock print

Onjuku, Chiba (Chiba Onjuku) by Kawase Hasui

Onjuku, Chiba (Chiba Onjuku)

1950

Color woodblock print

Kawara Spa, Joshu (Joshu Kawarayu) by Kawase Hasui

Kawara Spa, Joshu (Joshu Kawarayu)

1948

Color woodblock print

FUZUKI (July) by Katsuyuki Nishijima

FUZUKI (July)

Woodblock print

Houses in the Forest by Sakuichi Fukazawa

Houses in the Forest

Woodblock print

Fishing Boats at Tsukuda by Takahashi Shotei

Fishing Boats at Tsukuda

佃の漁船

c. 1920

Color woodblock print

Pastorale by Mizufune Rokushu

Pastorale

1959

Color woodblock print; edition 3/30

Ameshiro by Ito Takashi

Ameshiro

Woodblock print

Farm houses by Kogan Tobari

Farm houses

Japanese, Taishô era, 20th century

Woodblock print

Katsushika by Takahashi Shotei

Katsushika

Woodblock print

Nagareyama by Takahashi Shotei

Nagareyama

Woodblock print

Negishi by Charles W. Bartlett

Negishi

1916

Woodblock print

Yoshiji よしぢ by Nomura Yoshimitsu

Yoshiji よしぢ

Woodblock print

Okabe by Takahashi Shotei

Okabe

c. 1936

Color woodblock print; mitsugiriban

Ushibuse by Charles W. Bartlett

Ushibuse

1916

Woodblock print

Taninakamura — 谷中村河童画房 by Gihachiro Okuyama

Taninakamura — 谷中村河童画房

Woodblock print

Kyoto Hokuraku by Tatsuo Kawashima

Kyoto Hokuraku

Woodblock print

Untitled, farm harvest by Gihachiro Okuyama

Untitled, farm harvest

Woodblock print

Unknown, house, farm by Fumio Kitaoka

Unknown, house, farm

Woodblock print

Harvest by Shiro Kasamatsu

Harvest

Woodblock print

One Day at My Old Home by Hiroyuki Tajima

One Day at My Old Home

1967

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Woman of Ohara by Maekawa Senpan

Woman of Ohara

1940s

Color woodblock print

Yoichi, Hokkaido by Tadashige Ono

Yoichi, Hokkaido

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.