Arthur Wesley Dow, an artist and art educator who contributed to lead the development of Modernism in American art, established a style for his woodcut prints through the influence of Japanese art, especially Ukiyo-e prints and Zen ink paintings. The influence of Japanese art can be observed more clearly in his prints than in this paintings; therefore, his prints will be the focus of this study in order to expand the existing scholarship on the influence of Japanese art on Dow's artistic theories and style. This project suggests that Dow was much more inspired by Hiroshige's poetic expression of natural scenery than that of any other Ukiyo-e artist, as Dow's adaptation of Hiroshige's compositional devices shows. His mature style demonstrates an exploration of a harmonious relation of colors and tones, which reflects the gradation technique of Zen ink painting as well as Japanese Ukiyo-e prints.