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

  • Maekawa, Senpan
  • Sekino, Jun'ichiro
  • Kitaoka, Fumio
  • Karhu, Clifton
  • Kawano, Kaoru
  • Miyashita, Tokio
  • Mori, Yoshitoshi

Subject

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

Period

  • 1945 - 1989 (Showa & Postwar Period)

Medium

  • Kappazuri
  • Prints
  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

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Bird in Hand

Maekawa, Senpan

Bird in Hand

JP5081

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Fishing Boat and Green Crow

Kitaoka, Fumio

Fishing Boat and Green Crow

JP-210121

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Seagull

Miyashita, Tokio

Seagull

JP-100695

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Birds in Flight

Mori, Yoshitoshi

Birds in Flight

JPR2-19780

$480.00
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Hunter and Bird

Mori, Yoshitoshi

Hunter and Bird

JPR2-19801

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Girl Holding Owl

Sekino, Jun'ichiro

Girl Holding Owl

JPR-86113

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Okushiri Island

Sekino, Jun'ichiro

Okushiri Island

JP1575

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Girl with Doves

Kawano, Kaoru

Girl with Doves

JPR-109772

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An Eagle Doesn't Look Where There is Nothing

Karhu, Clifton

An Eagle Doesn't Look Where There is Nothing

JPR-103556

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Birds Sing

Miyashita, Tokio

Birds Sing

JP6207

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