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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2100680

Artist

  • Koson
  • Shoson
  • Sozan

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Insects
  • Landscapes
  • Legends & History
  • Moon & Night
  • Mt. Fuji
  • Music & Dance
  • Nature
  • Pastimes
  • Portraits
  • Rain
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Tokaido
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

  • 1912 - 1945 (Taisho & Early Showa)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Small (ie. Chuban)
  • Medium (ie. Oban)

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Cicada on Willow Tree

Shoson

Cicada on Willow Tree

JPR-91944

SOLD

Tiger Lilies and Butterfly

Shoson

Tiger Lilies and Butterfly

JP5510

SOLD

Dragonflies and Hollyhocks

Shoson

Dragonflies and Hollyhocks

JP5508

SOLD

Two Swallows Aiming for Bee

Koson

Two Swallows Aiming for Bee

JPR3-26008

SOLD

Wisteria and Bee

Koson

Wisteria and Bee

JPR1-74292

SOLD

Fireflies

Sozan

Fireflies

JPR3-25980

SOLD