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HOKUSAI : Under the Great Wave - Lithograph on Arches Vellum /250
HOKUSAI : Under the Great Wave - Lithograph on Arches Vellum /250

HOKUSAI : Under the Great Wave - Lithograph on Arches Vellum /250

By Katsushika Hokusai

Located in Paris, IDF

Katsuhika HOKUSAI (1760-1849) Under the Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa Ten-color lithograph after the original 1831 woodblock print Signed in the plate Numbered /250 copies On...

Category

2010s Academic Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Japanese Framed Wood Block Print by Takahashi Shozan III, 1920s
Japanese Framed Wood Block Print by Takahashi Shozan III, 1920s

Japanese Framed Wood Block Print by Takahashi Shozan III, 1920s

By Takahashi Shuka

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

A Japanese folk art woodblock print by Shozan Takahashi of the Otsu-e School.

Category

Vintage 1920s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Prints

Materials

Gold

View of a Temple Complex, Kyoto-Utagawa School - Woodcut - 19th Century
View of a Temple Complex, Kyoto-Utagawa School - Woodcut - 19th Century

View of a Temple Complex, Kyoto-Utagawa School - Woodcut - 19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e). A finely executed ukiyo-e print depicting two kabuki actors caught in a moment of heightened dramatic tension, shown within a richly patterne...

Category

19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Estampe japonaise en couleur 19eme - Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Estampe japonaise en couleur 19eme - Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Estampe japonaise en couleur 19eme - Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Located in Beuzevillette, FR

A very fine framed Japanese color woodblock print by Kuniyoshi, dated 1852, depicting Bandō Shūka I as a courtier Shiraito (白糸) of the Hashimotoya (橋本屋).

Category

Antique 19th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Antique Japanese Woodblock - Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892) - The Gho
Antique Japanese Woodblock - Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892) - The Gho

Antique Japanese Woodblock - Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892) - The Gho

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Description The Ghost of Yaehatahime and Akamatsu Jūtamaru Takanori Alternate Title: Yaehatahime no bōrei Akamatsu Jūtamaru Takanori Series: Beauty and Valor in the Novel Suikoden Ts...

Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Prints

Materials

Paper

The Actor Nakamura Shikan - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid 19th century

The Actor Nakamura Shikan - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid 19th century

By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Located in Roma, IT

He was one of the most famous Ukiyo-e woodblock print designers of 19th-century Japan. He was the head of one of the most important Japanese woodblock printing schools, the Utagawa S...

Category

Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Kabukie - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1840

Kabukie - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1840

By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Located in Roma, IT

Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786 - 1865) was one of the most famous designers of Ukiyo-e woodblock prints from Japan in the 19th century. Burn Sumita Syogor...

Category

1850s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Iris
Iris

Iris

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Published by Unsodo in Kyoto around 1917–1918, this 5-volume, 24-print series featured vibrant, detailed depictions of Western botanical subjects, often showcasing peonies and other ...

Category

1910s Other Art Style Still-life Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Chrysanthemums and the Rising Moon
Chrysanthemums and the Rising Moon

Chrysanthemums and the Rising Moon

By Suzuki (Hozumi) Harunobu

Located in Middletown, NY

Tokyo: Shuei-Sha, 1766. Woodblock print in colors printed on laid mulberry paper, 10 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches (273 x 200 mm), full margins.

Category

Mid-18th Century Edo Still-life Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Woodcut

'Travelers at Kanaya', After Utagawa Hiroshige, Ukiyo-E Woodblock, Tokaido, Edo
'Travelers at Kanaya', After Utagawa Hiroshige, Ukiyo-E Woodblock, Tokaido, Edo

'Travelers at Kanaya', After Utagawa Hiroshige, Ukiyo-E Woodblock, Tokaido, Edo

By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

He created more than 400 woodcut and woodblock prints of actors, warriors, courtesans and, particularly, naturalistic landscapes of Japan.

Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Sumi Ink, Washi Paper

Divine Comedy Hell Canto 20 Decomposition
Divine Comedy Hell Canto 20 Decomposition

Divine Comedy Hell Canto 20 Decomposition

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

This piece has been stored in a smoke free environment. Note: Each woodblock print required 30- 35 separate blocks be carved and printed to make up the final print.

Category

1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Erotic Scene with Travelers...-Woodcut by Katsushika Hokusai-Late 19th Century
Erotic Scene with Travelers...-Woodcut by Katsushika Hokusai-Late 19th Century

Erotic Scene with Travelers...-Woodcut by Katsushika Hokusai-Late 19th Century

By Katsushika Hokusai

Located in Roma, IT

Erotic Scene with Travelers and Courtesans (from an erotic album) Edo period (late 18th–early 19th century) Woodblock print (sumizuri-e). This rare and finely executed erotic woodb...

Category

Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Nakamura Utaemon - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1840

Nakamura Utaemon - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1840

By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Located in Roma, IT

Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786 - 1865) was one of the most famous designers of Ukiyo-e woodblock prints from Japan in the 19th century. Burn Sumita Syogor...

Category

1840s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Kinuta - Original Woodcut Print by Tsukioka Kôgyo - 1922
Kinuta - Original Woodcut Print by Tsukioka Kôgyo - 1922

Kinuta - Original Woodcut Print by Tsukioka Kôgyo - 1922

By Tsukioka Kôgyo

Located in Roma, IT

Although Kōgyo sometimes painted other subjects, for most of his career he made pictures of Japanese noh theater, either as large-scale paintings or colored woodblock prints.

Category

1920s Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Portrait of Sumiyoshi Jokei - Woodcut by Sumiyoshi School- 19th Century

Portrait of Sumiyoshi Jokei - Woodcut by Sumiyoshi School- 19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

A finely executed Edo-period woodblock print depicting a dignified half-length portrait of Sumiyoshi Jokei, founder of the influential Sumiyoshi school of painting.

Category

19th Century Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

"Candy Seller" Japanese Woodblock on Rice Paper
"Candy Seller" Japanese Woodblock on Rice Paper

"Candy Seller" Japanese Woodblock on Rice Paper

By Utagawa Yoshiiku

Located in Soquel, CA

The text on the print is in Japanese, and the overall style is characteristic of Ukiyo-e, a genre of Japanese woodblock prints.

Category

1860s Edo Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

Genjie - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1852

Genjie - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1852

By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Located in Roma, IT

Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786 - 1865) was one of the most famous designers of Ukiyo-e woodblock prints from Japan in the 19th century. Burn Sumita Syogor...

Category

1850s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Framed Japanese Kabuki Triptych Print with Samurai and Courtesan Actors
Framed Japanese Kabuki Triptych Print with Samurai and Courtesan Actors

Framed Japanese Kabuki Triptych Print with Samurai and Courtesan Actors

Located in Yonkers, NY

A Japanese ukiyo-e triptych, this framed Kabuki theater woodblock print captures the energy and drama of Edo-period performance.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Prints

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper

Japanese Wood Block Print Interior of Asakusa Temple by Eisho Narazaki
Japanese Wood Block Print Interior of Asakusa Temple by Eisho Narazaki

Japanese Wood Block Print Interior of Asakusa Temple by Eisho Narazaki

Located in Atlanta, GA

Unframed. Reference: A similar print was sold in Christie's (26/03/2024) Online Auction 23138 Landscapes of Japan: Woodblock Prints from Edo to Post-War.

Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Prints

Materials

Paper

Kabukie - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1840

Kabukie - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1840

By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Located in Roma, IT

Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786 - 1865) was one of the most famous designers of Ukiyo-e woodblock prints from Japan in the 19th century. Burn Sumita Syogor...

Category

1840s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Osakae Woodcut Print, Ichiyôsai Yoshitaki, Modern, Circa 1850s

Osakae Woodcut Print, Ichiyôsai Yoshitaki, Modern, Circa 1850s

By Ichiyôsai Yoshitaki

Located in Roma, IT

Ichiyôsai Yoshitaki who was active circa 1854-1880s, was a prolific artist who began designing woodblock prints while still a teenager. By the early 1860s, when barely into his twent...

Category

1850s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Clifton Karhu Original Color Woodblock, 1974, Koshihata Autumn
Clifton Karhu Original Color Woodblock, 1974, Koshihata Autumn

Clifton Karhu Original Color Woodblock, 1974, Koshihata Autumn

By Clifton Karhu

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Clifton Karhu passed away in 2007 after an illustrious career that saw him viewed and celebrated as a local Kyoto celebrity, as well as having exhibited widely in many countries arou...

Category

Late 20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper

Kabukie - Woodcut by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - 1850

Kabukie - Woodcut by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - 1850

By Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Located in Roma, IT

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798 – 1861) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. He was a member of the Utagawa school.

Category

1850s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

The Radiant Prince Genji - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada-Mid 19th Century

The Radiant Prince Genji - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada-Mid 19th Century

By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Located in Roma, IT

Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786 - 1865) was one of the most famous designers of Ukiyo-e woodblock prints from Japan in the 19th century. Burn Sumita Syogor...

Category

Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Ohara Koson Signed Framed Japanese Asian Print Snipes and Reeds In a Stream
Ohara Koson Signed Framed Japanese Asian Print Snipes and Reeds In a Stream

Ohara Koson Signed Framed Japanese Asian Print Snipes and Reeds In a Stream

By Ohara Koson

Located in Studio City, CA

We believe this print is another printing technique, perhaps a later lithograph version of the original 1926 woodblock print as it is a larger print.

Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Prints

Materials

Wood, Paper

Kabuki Aizurie -  Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1852

Kabuki Aizurie - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1852

Located in Roma, IT

Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786 - 1865) was one of the most famous designers of Ukiyo-e woodblock prints from Japan in the 19th century. Burn Sumita Syogor...

Category

1860s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Keiji Shinohara, Symphony (TP), Ukiyo-e woodcut print landscape, 2002
Keiji Shinohara, Symphony (TP), Ukiyo-e woodcut print landscape, 2002

Keiji Shinohara, Symphony (TP), Ukiyo-e woodcut print landscape, 2002

By Keiji Shinohara

Located in New York, NY

Though Shinohara employs ancient methods in creating his woodblock prints, he also diverges from tradition by experimenting with ink application and different materials to add textur...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Woodcut

Opus 22, Ukiyo-e monotype landscape print, 2011

Opus 22, Ukiyo-e monotype landscape print, 2011

By Keiji Shinohara

Located in New York, NY

Though Shinohara employs ancient methods in creating his woodblock prints, he also diverges from tradition by experimenting with ink application and different materials to add textur...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Monotype

French Rooster, Erté, Original Lithograph (Signed)
French Rooster, Erté, Original Lithograph (Signed)

French Rooster, Erté, Original Lithograph (Signed)

By Erté

Located in New York, NY

Clean lines of his glamorous and evocative works resemble the geometry of Classical Greek pottery and Japanese art of woodblock prints. Erté’s artworks were on the covers of Harper's...

Category

Late 20th Century Art Deco Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Reflection, Erté, Original Lithograph (Signed)
Reflection, Erté, Original Lithograph (Signed)

Reflection, Erté, Original Lithograph (Signed)

By Erté

Located in New York, NY

Clean lines of his glamorous and evocative works resemble the geometry of Classical Greek pottery and Japanese art of woodblock prints. Erté’s artworks were on the covers of Harper's...

Category

Late 20th Century Art Deco Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

James Jean - Traveler - Contemporary Art
James Jean - Traveler - Contemporary Art

James Jean - Traveler - Contemporary Art

By James Jean

Located in Asheville, NC

James Jean fuses contemporary subjects with aesthetic techniques inspired by traditional Chinese scroll paintings, Japanese woodblock prints, and Renaissance portraiture. By experime...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Giclée

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Find Authentic Woodblock Prints on 1stDibs

For concision, power and delight, it’s hard to beat woodblock prints, 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.

Find a collection of original woodblock prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Questions About Woodblock Print

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Japanese woodblock prints, which date back to the 8th century and are also known as ukiyo-e, are a traditional art form originally produced only in Buddhist monasteries to produce religious texts and images. In the 17th century, private studios began opening as woodblock prints became popular. To make a woodblock print, the artist creates a design on paper, and a wood carver places it on the block and carves the design. Each color requires its own woodblock, which are then covered with watercolors and printed on rice paper. On 1stDibs, find a variety of Japanese woodblock prints from top sellers around the world.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 13, 2024
    Yes, some Japanese woodblock prints are valuable. Prices vary greatly, with some selling for hundreds of dollars and others fetching selling prices of over a million at auction. Makers have a big influence on the price, with prints from masters like Hiroshige, Hokusai and Kitagawa Utamaro often having the greatest value. Other things that determine how much woodblock prints are worth include the quality of the image, the condition of the print, its age, its rarity and the demand among collectors. An expert appraiser or dealer can give you an estimate of the value of a particular print. Explore a selection of Japanese woodblock prints on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 30, 2024
    To identify Japanese woodblock prints, try using the website Ukiyo-e Search. Simply snap a photo of your print and upload it to the site, which will then compare the image to its database of thousands of prints and quickly display the results. If you have difficulty identifying your print, use the services of a certified appraiser or knowledgeable art dealer who has experience with Japanese art. Shop a large selection of Japanese woodblock prints on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 15, 2024
    To tell if a woodblock print is real, turn it over. Due to the processes used to produce woodblock prints, it is usually possible to see the ink bleeding through on the reverse side of an original print. Reproductions will not have this characteristic since they are made by machine. If you're still uncertain whether your print is an original, experts recommend consulting a certified appraiser or experienced art dealer, as it can be very difficult to tell a convincing reprint apart from a real woodblock without proper training. Find a wide variety of woodblock prints on 1stDibs.