Japanese Woodblock Prints 19th Century
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Ceramics
Ceramic
2010s American Books
Paper
2010s American Books
Paper
Antique 1860s Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Softwood, Lacquer
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Wall-mounted Sculptures
Beech
Antique 1890s Japanese Japonisme Decorative Art
Metal
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Early 20th Century French Japonisme Wallpaper
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Edo Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
Antique Early 1900s Belgian Japonisme Andirons
Bronze
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Carbon Pencil, Color Pencil
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Pencil, Graphite
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Graphite, Crayon, Oil Crayon
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
19th Century Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Pencil
Antique Late 19th Century German Aesthetic Movement Bangles
Pearl, Gold
Antique Late 19th Century American Japonisme Bottles
Metal, Silver
Late 19th Century French School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Ceramics
Ceramic
Antique 1880s French Japonisme Paintings
Canvas
Antique 1870s English High Victorian Game Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Pigment
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Prints
Paper
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Prints
Paper
1830s Modern Figurative Prints
Woodcut
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Woodcut
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Woodcut
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Woodcut
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Woodcut
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Woodcut
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Woodcut
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Woodcut
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Woodcut
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Woodcut
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Woodcut
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Woodcut
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Woodcut
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Woodcut
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Find Japanese Woodblock Prints of the 19th Century for Your Home
For concision, power and delight, it’s hard to beat Japanese woodblock prints of the 19th century, the products of an artistic tradition that is aging very well indeed.
The genre, unique to Japan, grew out of 17th-century developments in printing and book publishing. The form became known as “picture of the floating world,” an evocative name that captures the dreaminess of many of the scenes (which were often erotic). In an overview of the years from 1680 to 1938 in Taschen’s Japanese Woodblock Prints, author Andreas Marks presents the reader with a brief history of the development of woodblocks, describing for example how extra colors were added, and then devotes most of the following chapters to significant individual artists over the centuries. Four of the most common subjects are delineated: beauties, actors, landscapes and bird-and-flower compositions. Famous for book illustrations as well as paintings, Japanese ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai captured the grand power of nature by depicting Mount Fuji, Japan’s tallest peak, as a tiny triangle seemingly being swallowed by an enormous wave in his The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
Some of the great creators of the 18th and 19th centuries, such as Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), are still well known, their works frequently shown in museums today. European artists like Van Gogh and Manet were indelibly influenced by them, for reasons that are plain.
But Marks’s stated aim is to spread his attention around and not “single out the handful of ‘stars’ commonly found in books and exhibitions.” Some of the later talents covered in his compendium — like the relatively unfamiliar Yamamura Koka (also known as Toyonari), whose beguiling 1920s works convey suggestions of the Jazz Age — the heady, optimistic era between the end of World War I and the crash of 1929 — may be the biggest revelations.
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