Bokashi Prints (506)
Bokashi (ぼかし) — the graduated color printing technique that is a hallmark of Japanese woodblock printmaking. Achieved by wiping ink across the block in a gradient before printing, bokashi creates atmospheric skies, misty backgrounds, and luminous color transitions.
Artists Known for Bokashi

Lake Chuzenji, Nikko (Nikko Chuzenjiko)
Nikko Chuzenjiko
1930
Color woodblock print; oban

Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
![Misty Night at Miyajima (Oboroyo [Miyajima]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/5824b40b-c8ce-25e6-e625-9bde604539e6/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Misty Night at Miyajima (Oboroyo [Miyajima]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Oboroyo [Miyajima]
1921
Color woodblock print; oban

Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban

A Section of the Byodo Temple at Uji (Uji Byodoin no ichibu), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban

Mt. Fuji in Rain (Ame no Fuji)
n.d.
Color woodblock print
![A Water Conduit, A Scene in Sado (Mizuagehi [Sado shoken]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/98bdd980-0d90-ac1c-9be2-35b57d8973e7/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
A Water Conduit, A Scene in Sado (Mizuagehi [Sado shoken]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Mizuagehi [Sado shoken]
1921
Color woodblock print; oban

Omiya in Rain (Ame no Omiya)
Ame no Omiya
1930
Color woodblock print; oban

Snow at Tsukishima (Tsukishima no yuki), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"
Tsukishima no yuki
1930
Color woodblock print; oban

A Farmhouse in Autumn, Ayashi, Miyagi Prefecture (Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi)
Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi
1946
Color woodblock print

Matsushima in Moonlight (Tsuki no Matsushima)
1919
Color woodblock print

Mishima River, Mutsu
Summer 1919
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

The Hori River at Obama (Obama Horikawa), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Obama Horikawa
1920
Color woodblock print; oban

Toyama Plain (Toyama no hara), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"
Toyama no hara
1920
Color woodblock print

Egret Standing in Rain
1928
Color woodblock print; oban

The Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku)
Kinkaku
1933
Color woodblock print

The Sumida River in Mist (Sumidagawa, kiri), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"
Sumidagawa, kiri
1926
Color woodblock print; oban

The Taj Mahal Gardens at Night, from the series "India and Southeast Asia"
1931
Color woodblock print

Fujiyama from Okitsu
1928
Color woodblock print

Sailing Boats: Morning (Hansen, asa), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)"
Hansen, asa
1926
Color woodblock print

Fujiyama-First Light of the Sun, from the series "Ten Views of Fuji"
1926
Color woodblock print

Kofukuji Temple, Nara
1937
Color woodblock print
Evening Snow at Sanjūgen Canal (Sanjūgenbori no bosetsu), from the unfinished series Twelve Months of Tokyo (Tōkyō jūnikagetsu)
1920
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Kaesong, Korea (Chosen Kaijo), from the series "Korean Views Supplement (Zoku Chosen fukei)"
1940
Color woodblock print; oban
Chinese Bridge at Seta, from the series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (ōmi hakkei)
1918
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Mii-dera, from the series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (ōmi hakkei)
1917
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Kingfisher on Snowy Stump
Shōwa period, 1935
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Sacred Bridge in Nikko
日光神橋
c. 1930s
Woodblock print

Forest of Water God at Sumida River
隅田川水神の森
c. 1930s
Woodblock print

Kintai Bridge
錦帯橋
c. 1930s
Woodblock print

Bridge Soochow
Woodblock print

Asakusa Kannon Temple
浅草観音堂
1933
Woodblock print

Evening Glow at Lake Sai
西湖の夕照
c. 1930s
Woodblock print

Nezu Shrine in Snow
雪の根津神社
c. 1930s
Woodblock print

Niju-bashi Bridge
二重橋
c. 1930s
Woodblock print

Zojo-ji Temple in Snow
増上寺の雪
1933
Woodblock print

Afternoon at Nino Bridge, Azabu (Azabu Ninohashi no gogo), from the series "Twelve Months of Tokyo (Tokyo junikagetsu)"
Azabu Ninohashi no gogo
1921
Color woodblock print

Daigo Denpo Temple, Kyoto (Daigo Denpoin Kyoto)
Daigo Denpoin Kyoto
1950
Color woodblock print

Dawn Snow at the Port of Ogi, Sado (Yuki no akebono, Sado Ogi wan), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Yuki no akebono, Sado Ogi wan
December 1921
Color woodblock print

Dawn over Lake Shoji
c. 1935
Color woodblock print; shikishiban

Early Summer Rain, Arakawa (Samidare (Arakawa))
Samidare (Arakawa
June 1932
Color woodblock print

Evening Snow at Sanjugen Canal (Sanjugenbori no bosetsu), from the series "Twelve Months of Tokyo (Tokyo junikagetsu)"
Sanjugenbori no bosetsu
1920
Color woodblock print

Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
Woodblock print

Fuji River
February 1933
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Futago Islands, Matsushima (Matsushima Futagojima), from the series “Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)"
Matsushima Futagojima
December 1933
Color woodblock print

Gion Bridge at Hondo Amakusa, (Amakusa Hondo Gion-bashi), from the series "Selction of Views of Japan (Nihon fukei senshu)"
Amakusa Hondo Gion-bashi
1924
Color woodblock print; oban

Hall of the Golden Hue, Chuson Temple, Hiraizumi, from the series “Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition” (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen, Hiraizumi Chusonji Konjikido)
October, 1935
Color woodblock print

Imhae Pavilion, Kyongju, Korea, from the series "Korean Views Supplement" (Zoku Chosen fukei, Chosen Keishu Rinkaitei
1940
Color woodblock print

In the Snow, Nakayama-shichiri Road, Hida, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series" (Tabi miyage dai sanshu, Hida Nakayama-shichiri)
1924
Color woodblock print

Kannon Temple at Abuto (Abuto no Kannon), from the series "Selection of Views of Japan (Nihon fukei senshu)"
Abuto no Kannon
1922
Color woodblock print; oban

Kansanomiya Shrine at Tazawa Lake (Tazawako Kansanomiyagu), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
Tazawako Kansanomiyagu
1927
Color woodblock print; oban

Kintai Bridge in Suo Province (Suo Kintaikyo), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
Suo Kintaikyo
1924
Color woodblock print; oban

Kiyozumi Garden in Moonlight
January 1938
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Late Snow Along Edo River
1932
Woodblock print
![Misty Moonlight at Matsue in Izumo Province (Izumo Matsue [oborozuki]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/7b184838-7c8e-01f1-cefe-43fe3e3bc339/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Misty Moonlight at Matsue in Izumo Province (Izumo Matsue [oborozuki]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
Izumo Matsue [oborozuki]
1924
Color woodblock print; oban

Modan Viewpoint, Pyongyang, Korea, from the series "Korean Views Supplement" (Zoku Chosen fukei, Chosen Heijo Botandai)
1940
Color woodblock print

Moon over the Ara River, Akabane, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane))
Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane
1929
Color woodblock print
![Moonlight over Lake Kamo in Sado Island (Getsumei no Kamoko [Sado]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/7e4f83a5-694d-1634-1447-b94df2154699/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Moonlight over Lake Kamo in Sado Island (Getsumei no Kamoko [Sado]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Getsumei no Kamoko [Sado]
1921
Color woodblock print; oban

Mt. Fuji Clear After Snow, Tagonoura
1932
Woodblock print

Pagoda at Honmon Temple, Ikegami (Ikegami Honmonji no to)
Ikegami Honmonji no to
1954
Color woodblock print




