Japanese Prints, Paintings & Artists

Japanese prints are covered in full in this new website, with some of the most famous Japanese art included in this homepage, with many available to buy online from our recommended art retailer, Art.com. We cover all the famous Japanese painters such as Katsushika Hokusai, Morita, Ando Hiroshige and Kitagawa. The links included by each picture take you to Art.com where you can choose from giclee prints, framed art prints, stretched canvases and wall posters as reproductions of each original Japanese print included here.

The Great Wave of Kanagawa is a beautiful Japanese print by Hokusai which remains the most popular piece of art from this country within the art public of Europe and the United States, many of whom rate Japanese art as amongst the best in the world. You can buy your own copy of Hokusai's Great Wave of Kanagawa by using the links above, with framed or unframed prints, posters and wall posters all available.

Japanese art has long been a great influence on western artists with many famous names such as Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet both studying it in great detail and also experimenting with it's techniques and ideas within their own careers at times. Some of their best known works show off a clear influence from Japanese art, and Claude Monet even famously ordered a complete construction of a Japanese Bridge within his own garden, such a fan of the country and it's art culture he had become.

Dance of Cranes, above, is a classic painting by Morita that features a traditionally clothed women dancing amidst cranes. The beautiful colour and detail on her dress make it a popular print and perhaps only second to The Great Wave of Kanagawa in terms of reproductions from western art fans. This print also helps bring Morita's career into the limelight more than any other from his career.

Japanese art is incredibly diverse over a considerable period dating back to approximately the 10th millennium BC, when Japan was first inhabited. As well as the traditional paintings featured in this homepage, by artists such as Hiroshige and Hokusai, Japanese artists have also excelled in other mediums such as ancient pottery, sculpture in wood and bronze, ink painting on silk and paper, moving onto animation in the modern era with world-renowned Manga which continues to grow in popularity.

The print above is a famous but untitled Ando Hiroshige Print, one of several in fact. It features the traditional Japanese calligraphy alongside an attractive bird using the dark painting style common in Japan.

Mount Fuji is one of the best known sights within the whole of Japan and makes a popular choice for art fans too, offering an incredible topic for any Japanese landscape artist. Hokusai produced probably the best known print of Mount Fuji, which you can see above.

Cranes and Blossoming Trees

Goldfinch and Cherry Tree

Peacock Kien

Plum Garden over Shin-Ohashi Bridge

Evening Bell at Mii Temple is another print which features the mountain skyline so popular in Japanese and Chinese art, which bear many similarities, matching the link between their own respective histories. Hiroshige concentrated on greens and shades of grey and black within this work, which is normal for Oriental art of that era.

Suigin Grove and Masaki by Hiroshige features an attractive landscape view of flowers on a tree in the foreground with a Japanese mountain and lake in the background. There is the normal use of Japanese calligraphy too, to make this a very popular work from Hiroshige who became one of the best known Japanese artists of his era.

Takigawa from the Tea-House by Utamaro Kitagawa is a beautiful print featuring great use of colour beyond the common Japanese and Chinese technique of just black with other subtle colours. The impact of impressionism has shown the love of bright colour within the western world, and this explains why many Americans and Europeans would choose Takigawa from the Tea-House for their own homes ahead of some other Japanese print reproductions.

Young Woman Seated by Desk is a charming print that features traditional clothing within the style of similarly styled art. This painting look is very popular with those who are attracted to his historic look which boasts class and represents Japanese culture very accurately.

Navaro Rapids by Ando Hiroshige is another Japanese print which concentrates on the wild seas of Japan to great artistic effect, as similarly shown in Great Wave of Kanagawa by Hokusai. The main difference in Navaro Rapids is that it features swirling movements as well, making it a more complex painting, as well as calling upon a greater number of colours.

Famous Periods of Japanese Art

Japan itself is a country with a huge wealth of history going back thousands of years and individual periods within this help us to categorise the different types of Japanese art which have come over during each. Find a list below of the main periods of Japanese art:

• Jomon art
• Yayoi art
• Kofun art
• Asuka and Nara art
• Heian art
• Kamakura art
• Muromachi art
• Azuchi-Momoyama art
• Edo period art
• Pre-war art
• Post-war art
• Contemporary modern art

Famous Japanese Art Styles and Art Movements

Below is a collection of the main art methods and movements which are involved in the history of Japanese art, which dates back many centuries, making this list just a summary.

• Calligraphers
• Geisha
• Painters
• Sculptors
• Architects
• Photographers
• Printmakers
• Key Schools
• Buddhist art
• Kano
• Kyoto
• Nanga
• Rinpa
• Tosa
• Ukiyo-e
• Anime
• Manga

Famous Periods of Japanese Art

Japanese art covers many styles and periods with the most famous periods of Japanese art being as follows:

• Jomon and Yayoi periods
• Yamato period
• Heian period
• Kamakura period
• Muromachi period
• Azuchi-Momoyama period
• Edo period
• Prewar period
• Postwar period

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Disclaimer: JapanesePrints.org is a fan website dedicated to oil paintings and prints by Japanese artists and painters, and is in no way an official website for Japanese artists, nor does it claim to be. Each respective artists holds all necessary copyrights and licences for all of their paintings and other works. All prints, paintings and photos included in JapanesePrints.org are provided as an affiliate to Art.com who hold necessary permission from the owners of the copyrights.