These Japanese prints may be famous, but look closer – they’ve been censored. Henri-Alexis Baatsch. Sat, April 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM UTC. 8 min read.

Even with artists and paintings, Japan did not disappoint and produced some masterpieces that are loved by people all around the world. Here we mention the 5 most famous paintings by Japanese ...

As well as being unique, the print is exemplary of Hiroshige’s subtle use of Prussian blue, which became commercially available in Japan in the 1820s. It was so favored by the artist that some ...

Japan Journeys: Famous Woodblock Prints of Cultural Sites in Japan Andreas Marks. Tuttle, $19.95 (168p) ISBN 978-4-8053-1310-7 ...

After Japan was forcibly opened in 1853, the prints made their way to Europe. Sometimes they arrived as packaging, sometimes as cheap curiosities. In Paris, during the 1860s, these colourful ...

The American businessman Alan Medaugh, 81, has spent 50 years building up an unparalleled collection of woodblock prints by the famed Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858).

Selected from the Portland Art Museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition “Human|Nature: 150 Years of Japanese Prints” explores Japan’s journey with and through nature during the 19th ...

Put together by the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts, it is derived from the estate of businessman John Chandler Bancroft, which donated 3,700 Japanese woodblock prints to the museum in 1901.

These Japanese prints may be famous, but look closer – they’ve been censored Hiroshige’s landscapes radiate peace and charm, yet his views of his homeland weren’t entirely his own ...