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Japanese Woodblocs

Japanese Woodblocks, Paintings & Antique Maps

Explore a selection of Japanese woodblock prints, paintings, and rare maps—each reflecting the artistry, history, and cultural vision of their time.

Hawk on Snow-covered Branch - 雪の松に  Ohara Koson (Japanese, 1878–1945).

Koson Ohara, Sparrow-hawk on Snowy Pine Branch

  • Title: Hawk on Snow-covered Branch - 雪の松に鷹

  • Artist: Ohara Koson (Japanese, 1878–1945)

  • Publisher: Watanabe Shōzaburō (Japanese)

  • Orign: Japanese

  • Period: Shōwa era 1926 (Shôwa 1)

  • Medium/Technique: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

  • Dimensions: Vertical ôban; 38.6 x 26 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Kasamatsu Shiro (笠松紫浪, 1898–1991)
Pagoda in Evening Rain.

Kasamatsu Shiro (笠松紫浪, 1898–1991) Pagoda in Evening Rain, Yanaka, Tokyo

  • Artist: Kasamatsu Shiro (笠松紫浪, 1898–1991)

  • Title: Pagoda in Evening Rain, Yanaka, Tokyo

  • Japanese title: 雨に暮るる塔 東京谷中 (Ame ni kureru tō, Tōkyō Yanaka)

  • Late Spring, Shōwa 7 (1932)
    Color woodblock print (ōban tate-e)

  • Publisher: Watanabe Shōzaburō

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)
Dan-no-ura sen no zu (壇浦戦之図) – Lady Yorimachi at the Battle of Dan-no-ura.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861) Dan-no-ura sen no zu (壇浦戦之図) – Lady Yorimachi at the Battle

  • Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)

  • Title: Dan-no-ura sen no zu (壇浦戦之図) – Lady Yorimachi at the Battle of Dan-no-ura

  • Date: c. 1850 (Edo period)

  • Medium: Color woodblock print (nishiki-e, ōban tate-e)

  • Publisher: Iseya Ichibei / Yamaguchiya Tobei

  • Series: Famous Naval Battles (Kaigun kassen no zu)

Scenes from the Genpei War (源平合戦図絵) — Complete Set of Twelve Woodblock Prints. Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信三代, 1881 – 1963)

Scenes from the Genpei War (源平合戦図絵) — Complete Set of Twelve Woodblock Prints. Hasegawa Sa

  • Title: Scenes from the Genpei War (源平合戦図絵) — Complete Set of Twelve Woodblock Prints

  • Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信三代, 1881 – 1963)

  • Publisher: Osaka studio of Hasegawa / Private publication

  • Origin: Japanese

  • Period: Mid-Shōwa period, circa 1950 – 1960

  • Medium/Technique: Color woodblock print (nishiki-e, hand-carved and hand-printed on handmade washi paper with water-based pigments)

  • Dimensions: Each sheet approximately 36 × 24 cm (ōban tate-e format)

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