Japanese Art

Featuring a selection of prints from the V&A, RHS and The Courtauld, our Japanese collection is home to charming artworks, including traditional Ukiyo-e.

Translated as ‘pictures of the floating world’, Ukiyo-e offers an ideal of the perfect world, reminiscent of our own, but removed from all flaws. Becoming hugely popular in the Edo period (1615-1868), Ukiyo-e woodblock printing offered an early form of mass production, enabling all sections of the population the ability to own art.

Discover Katsushika Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave of Kanagawa’ alongside works by Utagawa Kunisada, Ande Hiroshige, and botanical photography by Ogawa Kazumasa in this captivating collection.

Japanese Art

Fukusa

£155, framed art print

Japanese Art V&A Japan Asian Art V&A Textiles Birds Gold Iconic Artists Pre-1900 Decorative Animals

The Great Wave off Kanagawa

£155, framed art print

Katsushika Hokusai Japan Japanese Art Asia Asian Art Seascape Places Iconic Artists Pre-1900 Landscape & Seascape

Lotus, from Some Japanese Flowers

£155, framed art print

Ogawa Kazumasa V&A Photography V&A Japan V&A Botanical Japanese Art Flowers & Plants Asian Art Botanical Flowers V&A Floral Photography Botanical

Cranes

£155, framed art print

Japanese Art V&A Japan Asian Art V&A Textiles Birds Iconic Artists Pre-1900 Decorative Animals

Red Fuji

£155, framed art print

Katsushika Hokusai Japan Japanese Art Mountains Asia Asian Art Landscape Places Landscape & Seascape Iconic Artists Pre-1900

One hundred views of famous places

£155, framed art print

Utagawa Hiroshige V&A Japan Japan Mountains Japanese Art V&A Landscape Asian Art Asia Landscape & Seascape Iconic Artists Pre-1900 Places

Meet Masami Yamada, curator at the V&A

We talk to Yamada about her experience of life at the V&A and the significance of some of the best-sellers from our print collection.

Women travelling on the beach of Futami

£95, framed art print

Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese Art V&A Japan Asian Art V&A Figures Iconic Artists Pre-1900

Waves

£155, framed art print

Japanese Art V&A Japan Asian Art Textiles V&A Iconic Artists Pre-1900 Decorative

Cottages with Rivers and Cherry Blossom c.1900

£155, framed art print

Japanese School (19th century) Japanese Art Asian Art Landscape Textiles Floral Landscape & Seascape Iconic Artists Pre-1900 Decorative

Poppy I

£155, framed art print

Iwasaki Tsunemasa Japanese Art RHS Asian Art RHS Botanical Flowers Botanical Flowers Asian Art Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Botanical Floral Iconic Artists Pre-1900

Big Wave (from 100 views of Mt. Fuji)

£155, framed art print

Katsushika Hokusai Japan Japanese Art Asia Asian Art Seascape Places Iconic Artists Pre-1900 Landscape & Seascape

Two birds perching on the branches of a Red Maple

£155, framed art print

Japanese Art V&A Japan Asian Art Birds V&A Animals Floral Iconic Artists Pre-1900

Wisteria

£155, framed art print

Iwasaki Tsunemasa Japanese Art RHS Asian Art RHS Botanical Flowers Botanical Flowers Asian Art Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Botanical Floral Iconic Artists Pre-1900

Blooming Vines & Waves, 1882

£155, framed art print

Japanese School (19th century) Japanese Art Asian Art Textiles Floral Decorative Iconic Artists Pre-1900

Red leaves

£155, framed art print

Japanese Art V&A Botanical V&A Japan Asian Art V&A Botanical Floral Iconic Artists Pre-1900

Asakusa Rice Fields during the Festival of the Cock

£155, framed art print

Utagawa Hiroshige Japan Japanese Art Asia Asian Art Places Iconic Artists Pre-1900

Masculine Wave

£95, framed art print

Katsushika Hokusai Japanese Art Asian Art Seascape Iconic Artists Pre-1900 Landscape & Seascape

Drum Bridge and Setting Sun, Hill at Meguro, 1857

£155, framed art print

Utagawa Hiroshige Japan Japanese Art Asia Asian Art Landscape Places Landscape & Seascape Iconic Artists Pre-1900

Chōshi in Shimōsa Province (from Oceans of Wisdom)

£155, framed art print

Katsushika Hokusai Japan Japanese Art Asia Asian Art Seascape Places Iconic Artists Pre-1900 Landscape & Seascape

Irises

£155, framed art print

Ogata Korin Japanese Art Asian Art Gold Floral Iconic Artists Pre-1900

Dogwood Blossoms on Blue, 1882

£155, framed art print

Japanese School (19th century) Japanese Art Asian Art Textiles Floral Iconic Artists Pre-1900 Decorative

Iris Kæmpferi, from Some Japanese Flowers

£155, framed art print

Ogawa Kazumasa V&A Photography V&A Botanical Japanese Art V&A Japan Asian Art Flowers & Plants Botanical Flowers V&A Floral Photography Botanical

Radish

£155, framed art print

Iwasaki Tsunemasa Japanese Art RHS Asian Art RHS Botanical Fruit & Vegetables Vegetables Botanical Fruit & Vegetables Asian Art Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Food Botanical Iconic Artists Pre-1900 Food & Drink

Garden scene in snow

£155, framed art print

Utagawa Kunisada and Utagawa Hiroshige Japan Japanese Art V&A Japan Asia Asian Art Landscape V&A Places Landscape & Seascape Iconic Artists Pre-1900

Carp swimming upwards

£155, framed art print

Katsushika Hokusai Japanese Art V&A Japan Asian Art Fish & Sea Life V&A Animals Iconic Artists Pre-1900

Koganei in Musashi Province

£155, framed art print

Utagawa Hiroshige Japan Japanese Art V&A Japan Asia Asian Art Landscape V&A Places Landscape & Seascape Iconic Artists Pre-1900

Mount Fuji under the Snow

£155, framed art print

Totoya Hokkei Japan Japanese Art Mountains Asia Asian Art Landscape Places Landscape & Seascape Iconic Artists Pre-1900

'Seirioden'

£155, framed art print

Keikwa Hasegawa Japanese Art RHS Asian Art RHS Botanical Flowers Asian Art Botanical Flowers Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Botanical Floral Iconic Artists Pre-1900

Lovers in an upstairs room

£155, framed art print

Kitagawa Utamaro I Japanese Art V&A Japan Asian Art Romance V&A Figures Iconic Artists Pre-1900

Hakone

£155, framed art print

Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese Art Mountains Asian Art Landscape Landscape & Seascape Iconic Artists Pre-1900

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Meet Masami Yamada, curator at the V&A