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)
2004

Village of Ohara (Ohara no sato)
20th century
Color woodblock print; edition 74/100

Village of Yuge
Woodblock print
![Untitled [mountains, village, and boater] by Amano Kazumi](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135701.jpg)
Untitled [mountains, village, and boater]
late 1950s
Woodblock print, ink on paper

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)"
1920
Color woodblock print

M-25 Late Autumn in a village- peasant girl
Woodblock print

Village in the Rain- Igusa
Woodblock print

Street, road, village
Woodblock print

Village in Aizu
1945
Color woodblock print

Village of Mito
Woodblock print

Village Scene with Persimmon Tree
1963?
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Qufu Village, Shandong Province, China
1955
Woodblock print

Shirasuka: Fishing Village
Woodblock print

Farmhouse, Shôwa period, dated 1951
Woodblock print

Mountain Village
Woodblock print

Remote Village
Later edition of 1950s design
Color woodblock print

Snowy Mountain Village
Woodblock print

Village in Deep Interior
Woodblock print

Village Man
1954
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Den'en no matsuri, No. 2 (Village Festival, No. 2)
Woodblock print

Fishing Village in the Afternoon 13/210
Woodblock print

Outskirt of a Village (Mura hazure)
1969
Color woodblock print; edition 38/50

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
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)"
c. 1834
Color woodblock print; oban

Farming
Woodblock print

House in Aizu
1972
Color woodblock print

Morning at the Arayu Spa, Shiobara (Toyado no asa (Shiobara Arayu))
1946
Color woodblock print

Morning in Nishibira, Izu (Izu Nishibira no asa)
1953
Color woodblock print

#30. Tsukudajima
Woodblock print

Camblain L'Abbe
ca. 1923
Farmers at Rest
休む農夫たち
c. 1932
Color woodblock print

Ushibori (Ushibori)
1930
Color woodblock print

Yugashima, Ito (Ito Yugashima)
1936
Color woodblock print; oban

Nogami, Saitama Prefecture (Saitama ken Nogami-cho)
1946
Color woodblock print

Higashi-cho, Hirakata (Hirakata Higashi-cho)
1945
Color woodblock print; oban

Cloudy Day in Mizuki, Ibaraki Prefecture (Mizuki no komoribi)
1946
Color woodblock print

Onjuku, Chiba (Chiba Onjuku)
1950
Color woodblock print

Kawara Spa, Joshu (Joshu Kawarayu)
1948
Color woodblock print

FUZUKI (July)
Woodblock print

Houses in the Forest
Woodblock print

Fishing Boats at Tsukuda
佃の漁船
c. 1920
Color woodblock print

Pastorale
1959
Color woodblock print; edition 3/30

Ameshiro
Woodblock print

Farm houses
Japanese, Taishô era, 20th century
Woodblock print

Katsushika
Woodblock print

Nagareyama
Woodblock print

Negishi
1916
Woodblock print

Yoshiji よしぢ
Woodblock print

Okabe
c. 1936
Color woodblock print; mitsugiriban

Ushibuse
1916
Woodblock print

Taninakamura — 谷中村河童画房
Woodblock print

Kyoto Hokuraku
Woodblock print

Untitled, farm harvest
Woodblock print

Unknown, house, farm
Woodblock print

Harvest
Woodblock print

One Day at My Old Home
1967
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Woman of Ohara
1940s
Color woodblock print

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.





