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

  • Abstract
  • Autumn
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Nature
  • Rain

Period

  • 1945 - 1989 (Showa & Postwar Period)
  • 1989 - Today (Heisei & Reiwa)

Medium

  • Silkscreen
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

6 Products

Jeuillet

Inoue, Kozo

Jeuillet

JPR-208989

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Reflect Rose

Inoue, Kozo

Reflect Rose

JPR-208988

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Après Midi

Inoue, Kozo

Après Midi

JPR-208979

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October

Inoue, Kozo

October

JPR-103636

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Autumn

Inoue, Kozo

Autumn

JPR-103529

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Wisteria Garden in Spring

Onda, Akio

Wisteria Garden in Spring

R03423

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