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

580275

Artist

  • Miyashita, Tokio
  • Okuyama, Gihachiro
  • Tokuriki, Tomikichiro
  • Yoshida, Toshi

Subject

  • Abstract
  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Calligraphy
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Cityscape
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Ghosts & Demons (yokai)
  • Insects
  • Landscapes
  • Legends & History
  • Moon & Night
  • Music & Dance
  • Nature
  • Pastimes
  • Portraits
  • Rain
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Shunga
  • Spring
  • Still Life
  • Summer
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

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

Medium

  • Prints
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

6 Products

Fishing Boats

Okuyama, Gihachiro

Fishing Boats

JPR3-25200

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Urayasu

Yoshida, Toshi

Urayasu

JPR-210998

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Irozaki, Afternoon

Yoshida, Toshi

Irozaki, Afternoon

JPR-207824

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Beach at High Noon

Miyashita, Tokio

Beach at High Noon

JP-100673

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Cormorant Fishing

Tokuriki, Tomikichiro

Cormorant Fishing

JPR-207859

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Seaside

Yoshida, Toshi

Seaside

JPR-111932

SOLD