Seascapes Prints (108)

Ocean, coastal, and maritime scenes in Japanese woodblock prints. From dramatic wave studies to tranquil fishing harbors, seascapes capture Japan's identity as an island nation surrounded by water.

Artists Known for Seascapes

Singapore Street by Elizabeth Keith

Singapore Street

c. 1927

Color woodblock print

H

Harbor View

c. 1916

Color woodblock print

J

Junk at Sea

1915

Color woodblock print

C

Coastal Scene at Shimoda

下田の海岸

1918

Color woodblock print

K

Kominato in Rain

小湊の雨

1918

Color woodblock print

Pine Tree at Kominato by Hashiguchi Goyo

Pine Tree at Kominato

小湊の松

1918

Color woodblock print

[Garden of] Taj Mahal, No. 1 (Taji Maharu no niwa, dai ichi) by Hiroshi Yoshida

[Garden of] Taj Mahal, No. 1 (Taji Maharu no niwa, dai ichi)

Taji Maharu no niwa, dai ichi

1931

Color woodblock print; oban

Fujiyama from Okitsu by Hiroshi Yoshida

Fujiyama from Okitsu

1928

Color woodblock print

Glittering Sea by Hiroshi Yoshida

Glittering Sea

Woodblock print

Nakabusa River Rapids by Hiroshi Yoshida

Nakabusa River Rapids

1926

Color woodblock print

Night in the Harbor (Minato no yoru) by Hiroshi Yoshida

Night in the Harbor (Minato no yoru)

Minato no yoru

1938

Color woodblock print; oban

Sailing Boats: Afternoon (Hansen, gogo), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)" by Hiroshi Yoshida

Sailing Boats: Afternoon (Hansen, gogo), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)"

Hansen, gogo

1926

Color woodblock print

Sailing Boats: Evening (Hansen, yu), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)" by Hiroshi Yoshida

Sailing Boats: Evening (Hansen, yu), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)"

Hansen, yu

1926

Color woodblock print

Sailing Boats: Fog (Hansen, kiri), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)" by Hiroshi Yoshida

Sailing Boats: Fog (Hansen, kiri), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)"

Hansen, kiri

1926

Color woodblock print

Sailing Boats: Forenoon (Hansen, gozen), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)" by Hiroshi Yoshida

Sailing Boats: Forenoon (Hansen, gozen), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)"

Hansen, gozen

1926

Color woodblock print

Sailing Boats: Morning (Hansen, asa), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)" by Hiroshi Yoshida

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

Hansen, asa

1926

Color woodblock print

Sailing Boats: Night (Hansen, yoru), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)" by Hiroshi Yoshida

Sailing Boats: Night (Hansen, yoru), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)"

Hansen, yoru

1926

Color woodblock print

Shirahama Beach by Hiroshi Yoshida

Shirahama Beach

Woodblock print

The Taj Mahal Gardens at Night, from the series "India and Southeast Asia" by Hiroshi Yoshida

The Taj Mahal Gardens at Night, from the series "India and Southeast Asia"

1931

Color woodblock print

Tomonoura by Hiroshi Yoshida

Tomonoura

1927

Color woodblock print

Warehouses at Tomonoura, from the series "Inland Sea (Seto naikai)" by Hiroshi Yoshida

Warehouses at Tomonoura, from the series "Inland Sea (Seto naikai)"

Seto naikai

1930

Color woodblock print

Eight Views of Omi: Evening Snow at Hira by Ito Shinsui

Eight Views of Omi: Evening Snow at Hira

近江八景 比良の暮雪

1917

Color woodblock print

Eight Views of Omi: Returning Sails at Yabase by Ito Shinsui

Eight Views of Omi: Returning Sails at Yabase

近江八景 矢橋の帰帆

1917

Color woodblock print

Child of the Sea by Jun'ichiro Sekino

Child of the Sea

1940

Woodblock print

Minoguchi Harbor by Jun'ichiro Sekino

Minoguchi Harbor

Woodblock print

A Boat Laden with Masonry, Awa Province (Ishizumu fune [Boshu]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)" by Kawase Hasui

A Boat Laden with Masonry, Awa Province (Ishizumu fune [Boshu]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"

Ishizumu fune [Boshu]

1920

Color woodblock print; oban

Abumi Promontory (Abumisaki) by Kawase Hasui

Abumi Promontory (Abumisaki)

Abumisaki

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)" by Kawase Hasui

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

Evening Shower at Teradomari (Teradomari no yau), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" by Kawase Hasui

Evening Shower at Teradomari (Teradomari no yau), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"

Teradomari no yau

1921

Color woodblock print; oban

Futago Islands, Matsushima (Matsushima Futagojima), from the series “Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)" by Kawase Hasui

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

Katsura Island, Matsushima (Matsushima Katsurashima), from the series “Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)” by Kawase Hasui

Katsura Island, Matsushima (Matsushima Katsurashima), from the series “Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)”

Matsushima Katsurashima

summer 1919

Color woodblock print; oban

Kojaku Cavern, Oga Peninsula (Oga hanto Kojaku no iwaya), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)" by Kawase Hasui

Kojaku Cavern, Oga Peninsula (Oga hanto Kojaku no iwaya), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"

Oga hanto Kojaku no iwaya

1926

Color woodblock print; oban

Mihogaseki Beach in Izumo Province (Izumo Mihogaseki), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)" by Kawase Hasui

Mihogaseki Beach in Izumo Province (Izumo Mihogaseki), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"

Izumo Mihogaseki

1924

Color woodblock print; oban

Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima) by Kawase Hasui

Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)

Yuki no Miyajima

1929

Color woodblock print; oban

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

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

Morning at Mito Beach (MItohama no asa) by Kawase Hasui

Morning at Mito Beach (MItohama no asa)

MItohama no asa

December 1953

Color woodblock print

Nishimikawazaka on Sado Island (Sado Nishimikawazaka), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" by Kawase Hasui

Nishimikawazaka on Sado Island (Sado Nishimikawazaka), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"

Sado Nishimikawazaka

1921

Color woodblock print; oban

Pacific Ocean, Awa Province (Boshu Taikai), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)" by Kawase Hasui

Pacific Ocean, Awa Province (Boshu Taikai), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"

Boshu Taikai

1925

Color woodblock print; oban

Rain at Ushibori (Ame no Ushibori) by Kawase Hasui

Rain at Ushibori (Ame no Ushibori)

Ame no Ushibori

1929

Color woodblock print; oban

Snow at Kiyomizu Hall, Ueno (Ueno Kiyomizudo no yuki) by Kawase Hasui

Snow at Kiyomizu Hall, Ueno (Ueno Kiyomizudo no yuki)

Ueno Kiyomizudo no yuki

1929

Color woodblock print; oban

Spring Moon, Ninomiya Beach (Haru no tsuki (Ninomiya kaigan)) by Kawase Hasui

Spring Moon, Ninomiya Beach (Haru no tsuki (Ninomiya kaigan))

Haru no tsuki (Ninomiya kaigan

March 1932

Color woodblock print

Starlit Night at Miyajima (Hoshizukiyo [Miyajima]), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu) by Kawase Hasui

Starlit Night at Miyajima (Hoshizukiyo [Miyajima]), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)

Hoshizukiyo [Miyajima]

1928

Color woodblock print; oban

F

Fishing Village

漁村

c. 1938

Color woodblock print

H

Harbor Scene

港の風景

c. 1936

Color woodblock print

K

Kobe Harbor in the Morning

神戸港の朝

c. 1918

Lithograph

M

Maiko Beach near Kobe

舞子の浜

c. 1922

Lithograph

Rain at Tsukudajima by Oda Kazuma

Rain at Tsukudajima

佃島の雨

c. 1917

Lithograph

The Inland Sea from Shimonoseki by Oda Kazuma

The Inland Sea from Shimonoseki

下関から見た瀬戸内海

c. 1924

Lithograph

The Port of Yokohama by Oda Kazuma

The Port of Yokohama

横浜港

c. 1925

Lithograph

Poem No. 22: A Seashell by Onchi Koshiro

Poem No. 22: A Seashell

抒情 No.22 貝殻

1953

Color woodblock print

The Sea by Onchi Koshiro

The Sea

1945

Color woodblock print

Sea Butterflies, Saipan (Papillons de Mer, Saipan) by Paul Jacoulet

Sea Butterflies, Saipan (Papillons de Mer, Saipan)

1935

Color woodblock print

Girl on the Shore by Shiro Kasamatsu

Girl on the Shore

Woodblock print

Inubosaki Cape by Shiro Kasamatsu

Inubosaki Cape

Woodblock print

Misty Evening on the Shore of Shinobazu Pond by Shiro Kasamatsu

Misty Evening on the Shore of Shinobazu Pond

霞む夕 不忍池畔

1932

Color woodblock print

Misty Evening on the Shore of Shinobazu Pond (second impression) by Shiro Kasamatsu

Misty Evening on the Shore of Shinobazu Pond (second impression)

霞む夕 不忍池畔

1932

Color woodblock print

Moon over Matsushima by Shiro Kasamatsu

Moon over Matsushima

松島の月

1957

Woodblock print

Moon Over Zaimoku Island at Marsushima by Shiro Kasamatsu

Moon Over Zaimoku Island at Marsushima

Woodblock print

Morning Waves by Shiro Kasamatsu

Morning Waves

Woodblock print

Rain at Shuzenji by Shiro Kasamatsu

Rain at Shuzenji

修善寺の雨

1933

Woodblock print

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