Sosaku Hanga | Post-WWII Japanese Prints

The Sosaku Hanga or “creative print” movement emerged in the changing Japan of the early 20th century. The movement arose from a central tenant: the artist must participate in every aspect of production. As artists shed the traditional delegation of ukiyo-e production and explored each role themselves, the act of printmaking adopted a more spontaneous, expressive attitude. Artists explored with the knife, chisel, woodblock, and ink to push to the boundaries of their medium. Originally excluded from Japan’s formal art world, Sosaku Hanga began on the pages of magazines. It was not until 1919 that the first Sosaku Hanga exhibition opened in Tokyo. Ranging from figural to abstract, the movement flourished after WWII, and found a new, eager audience among American GIs. In this collection, Ronin Gallery presents masters of Sosaku Hanga such as Onchi, Ono, Munakata, Saito, Sekino, and Mori, as well as other post-war Japanese printmakers.

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Artist

  • Akiyama, Iwao
  • Amano, Kunihiro
  • Arichi, Yoshito
  • Bakufu
  • Fukita, Fumiaki
  • Fukuda, Heihachiro
  • Hashimoto, Okiie
  • Ikegami, Isao
  • Inagaki, Tomoo
  • Inagaki, Toshijiro
  • Ito, Nisaburo
  • Kamei, Tobei (Genbei)
  • Kinoshita, Tomio
  • Kiyohara, Hitoshi
  • Kiyotada IV
  • Koei
  • Koyama, Avito
  • Mabuchi, Toru
  • Maekawa, Senpan
  • Mizufune, Rokushu
  • Nagai, Kiyoshi (Hiroyuki Tajima)
  • Nakao, Yoshitaka
  • Ohtsu, Kazuyuki
  • Onchi, Koshiro
  • Sanmonji, Kazuhiko
  • Sawada, Tetsuro
  • Sekino, Jun'ichiro
  • Shiro
  • Tadamasa
  • Takahashi, Ushio
  • Toyonari
  • Ueda, Fujo
  • Umeno, Takako
  • Unno, Mitsuhiro
  • Urushibara, Mokuchu
  • Ushiku, Kenji
  • Wada, Sanzo
  • Yamaguchi, Susumu
  • Yamao, Akio
  • Aoyama, Masaharu
  • Araki, Tetsuo
  • Azechi, Umetaro
  • Yoshida, Chizuko
  • Fujita, Fumio
  • Kitaoka, Fumio
  • Fukami, Gashu
  • Hagiwara, Hideo
  • Kawanishi, Hide
  • Hiratsuka, Unichi
  • Hoshi, Joichi
  • Ido, Masao
  • Iwami, Reika
  • Jacoulet, Paul
  • Karhu, Clifton
  • Kawada, Kan
  • Kawano, Kaoru
  • Okamoto, Kazuko
  • Sasajima, Kihei
  • Kobashi,Yasuhide
  • Konishi, Seiichiro
  • Kotozuka, Eiichi
  • Inoue, Kozo
  • Maki, Haku
  • Tanaka, Masaaki
  • Murai, Masanari
  • Minagawa, Taizo
  • Miyamoto, Shufu
  • Miyashita, Tokio
  • Mori, Yoshitoshi
  • Munakata, Shiko
  • Nakayama, Tadashi
  • Namiki, Hajime
  • Matsubara, Naoko
  • Norikane, Hiroto
  • Okuyama, Gihachiro
  • Okuyama, Gijin
  • Onda, Akio
  • Ono, Tadashige
  • Ouchi, Makoto
  • Rei, Yuki
  • Tanaka, Ryohei
  • Saito, Kiyoshi
  • Shimotakahara, Nobuteru
  • Kawarazaki, Shodo
  • Sugiura, Kazutoshi
  • Tajima, Hiroyuki
  • Takagi, Shiro
  • Takahashi, Rikio
  • Takeshita, Kin-u
  • Tokuriki, Tomikichiro
  • Tomita, Fumio
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist
  • Watanabe, Sadao
  • Yayanagi, Go
  • Yoshida, Hodaka
  • Yoshida, Masaji
  • Yoshida, Toshi
  • Katsuda, Yukio

Subject

  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Birds
  • Calligraphy
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Landscapes
  • Moon & Night
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Spring
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

  • 1945 - 1989 (Showa & Postwar Period)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Medium (ie. Oban)
  • Large (ie. Triptych)
  • Extra Large

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Arrival of Early Spring

Sasajima, Kihei

Arrival of Early Spring

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Mountain Stream, Aizu

Sasajima, Kihei

Mountain Stream, Aizu

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Sannenzaka

Karhu, Clifton

Sannenzaka

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The Old Pagoda (Koto) E

Sasajima, Kihei

The Old Pagoda (Koto) E

JP-207851

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Goddess Benzaiten

Sasajima, Kihei

Goddess Benzaiten

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Zuishin in Bamboo

Karhu, Clifton

Zuishin in Bamboo

JPR2-23010

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Fudo Myoo No. 31

Sasajima, Kihei

Fudo Myoo No. 31

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Arashiyama Bamboo

Karhu, Clifton

Arashiyama Bamboo

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Happiness Comes to Shiba Dai Mon

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Happiness Comes to Shiba Dai Mon

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An Eagle Doesn't Look Where There is Nothing

Karhu, Clifton

An Eagle Doesn't Look Where There is Nothing

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Happiness Sits on Laughter

Karhu, Clifton

Happiness Sits on Laughter

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Evening Garden

Karhu, Clifton

Evening Garden

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Owariya

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Owariya

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Himeji

Karhu, Clifton

Himeji

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Boats of Hong Kong

Karhu, Clifton

Boats of Hong Kong

JPR2-23002

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