Welcome to Toshidama Japanese Prints

Hello, and welcome to the Toshidama Gallery and our current show One Hundred Years of Ukiyo-e. On our site you will see a fine selection of Japanese woodblock prints for sale. Ukiyo-e (literally “pictures of the floating world” the Japanese name for woodblock prints of the 18th and 19th centuries) are beautiful, collectible works of art and a very good financial investment in today’s market. To help navigate the site, we’ve arranged the prints according to the current exhibition, by principal artists, or by search terms. Sold and unsold prints are available to view in the archive.

Toshidama Gallery puts on themed exhibitions of Japanese prints every six weeks. We like to support each print with extensive research and there are related blogposts at our gallery blog and also on Wordpress. The prints we sell are authenticated works of museum quality; we also offer a secure payment gateway for peace of mind when purchasing. Our prints are supplied already mounted on archive board with museum standard hinges, in a clear archive-mylar sleeve for extra protection.  We only ship with DHL and all the work is fully insured. We want your experience of receiving your first Japanese woodblock print from us to be as filled with joy and drama as the prints themselves.

 The current exhibition at Toshidama Gallery is One Hundred Years of Ukiyo-e. We have chosen prints from each decade of the nineteenth century to illustrate the way in which the massive changes in culture that transformed Japan during this period are reflected in the changing nature of the woodblock prints of the period.  From the spare, early actor portraits of Toyokuni I and Kunisada, looking back to the hermetic aesthetic of the previous century, to the vivid and ornate prints at the end of the century with their more western emphasis on representation, and yet clearly prefiguring the anime tradition that would later develop, this is a fascinating overview of the the changes in technology and techniques in Japanese woodblock prints of the nineteenth century.  And yet, despite the radical changes, perhaps what is most notable is the consistency of theme and style that runs through all the prints.  For a wider discussion of the changing nature of Ukiyo-e in the Nineteenth Century, please visit the Gallery blog.

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