Wednesday, 13 January 2021

Japanese Prints and Woodcuts of Dragons and Mythical Creatures

 


Utagawa Toyokuni, Black and Green Dragon
Woodcut Print on Paper 
Japanese, Edo period, 1615–1868.


Woodblock print by Hajime Namiki, Blue Dragon 2012


Woodblock print by Hajime Namiki, Blue Dragon 2012


Dragon no8 Woodblock print by Hajime Namiki, 2007


European Woodcut Dragon 15th Century


Tamatori escaping from the Dragon King 
wood block print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1853



UTAGAWA-KUNIYOSHI-1798-1861
WARRIORS 1850 woodblock print


Samurai Warrior in a Dragon Robe by Kuniyoshi Utagawa 
 Japanese Woodblock Print 19th Century


Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)

Woodcut 1825


Dragon And Tiger

Utagawa Sadahide,  (1807-1873)


Yoshitsuya (1822 – 1866) 
Fire Breathing Demon
 approx 1860



Utagawa Yoshitsuya, Earth Spider, c. 1847–1852, triptych, woodblock print, 


Sukioka Yoshitoshi, Moon of Musashi Plain, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, 1892, woodblock print



New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ōji


see also





Original Toyokuni III/Kunisada (1786 - 1864) Japanese Woodblock Print
Ne Brigade, Ninth Group, Nekomatabashi (Monster Cat Bridge)


Kitsune Woodcut Print date and Artist unknown