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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Price

3600550

Artist

  • Sekino, Jun'ichiro
  • Kitaoka, Fumio
  • Karhu, Clifton
  • Yoshida, Toshi

Series

  • Hokkaido (Sekino)

Subject

  • Abstract
  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Insects
  • Landscapes
  • Legends & History
  • Moon & Night
  • Mt. Fuji
  • Music & Dance
  • Nature
  • Pastimes
  • Poets & Scholars
  • Portraits
  • Rain
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Spring
  • Still Life
  • Summer
  • Sumo
  • Tokaido
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

  • 1945 - 1989 (Showa & Postwar Period)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Landscape of Teuri Island

Kitaoka, Fumio

Landscape of Teuri Island

JP-210120

$900.00
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Hippopotamus

Yoshida, Toshi

Hippopotamus

JPR-210599

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Fishing Boat and Green Crow

Kitaoka, Fumio

Fishing Boat and Green Crow

JP-210121

$575.00
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Matsumae

Sekino, Jun'ichiro

Matsumae

JP1571

$550.00
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Lake Inawashiro

Sekino, Jun'ichiro

Lake Inawashiro

JP-209449

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Soka

Sekino, Jun'ichiro

Soka

JP1572

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Okushiri Island

Sekino, Jun'ichiro

Okushiri Island

JP1575

$580.00
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Boats of Hong Kong

Karhu, Clifton

Boats of Hong Kong

JPR2-23002

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