Shin Hanga | Pre-WWII Japanese Prints
By the beginning of the 20th century the social fabric of Japan was radically altered and ukiyo-e was falling fast into oblivion. Surprisingly, it was under the stimulus of the Western art world that the spirit of ukiyo-e was reborn through the Shin Hanga or “new print” movement. The discovery of the powerful impact of ukiyo-e print masters on the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists inspired a new generation of Japanese print artists who revived distinctly Japanese subject matter through modern eyes. International excitement for ukiyo-e paved the way for these artists to create woodblock prints with the same dignity, perfection and genius as the masters of the Edo period. As artists such as Goyo, Kotondo and Shinsui revived bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women) and Hasui and Yoshida reinterpreted the landscape of Japan, Shin Hanga reasserted the principal genres of ukiyo-e with a renewed vigor. Browse our collection of Shin Hanga and other pre-war Japanese artworks today.
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Ama: A diver tells the story of how she retrieved the jewel from the undersea palace of the Dragon King
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Kashiwazaki: Hanakawa and his mother are reunited at Zenkoji Temple
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Tsuchiguruma: The son of Fukakusa is reunited with his father at Zenkoji Temple
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Higaki: An old woman recalls the time when she danced for Fujiwara no Okinori
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Shokun: Obo, mother of Lady Shokun, seeing the ghosts of the barbarian king Kanyasho and her daughter in a mirror
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Kinuta: The ghost of the wife of the man from Ashiya
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Shiga: A court official watches the god Shiga no Myōjin dancing under a cherry tree
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Shunzei Tadanori: The ghost of Tadanori appears to express his wish to be included in a poetry anthology
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Kuzu: An old man symbolically serves fish to the Emperor
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Orochi: The god Susano-o prepares to kill a powerful dragon inebriated from drinking sake
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Michimori: The ghosts of Taira no Michimori and his wife rejoice that they have attained salvation together
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Momijigari: A noblewoman and her ladies reveal their true demonic forms as Taira no Koremochi prepares to vanquish them with a sword from the God of War
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Kotei: The spirit of Shoki vanquishing the demon
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Manju: Tada no Manju prepares to strike his son, but his faithful retainer restrains him
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Naniwa: The ghost of the scholar Onin and the goddess Konohanasakuya-hime appear by a plum tree to dance
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Hotoke no Hara: Hotoke-Gozen dances in a priest's dream
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Sotoba Komachi: Ono no Komachi reminisces about her days as a beautiful young woman and one of her former suitors
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Kiso: The scribe Kakumei writes a petition for Kiso no Yoshinaka to the god Hachiman
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Obasute: The ghost of an old woman who was left on Obasute-yama long ago appears in her true form
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Tatsuta: The goddess Tatsuta no Myojin appears in her true form, seated on a throne
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Kanehira: Warrior Imai no Shiro Kanehira's ghost appears to a traveling priest
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Shirahige: The god Shirahige appears in his true form along with a goddess and a dragon god to entertain an Imperial envoy
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