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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  • Available
  • Archive

Price

1200475

Artist

  • Ohtsu, Kazuyuki
  • Saito, Kiyoshi
  • Tokuriki, Tomikichiro

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
  • 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)
  • 1989 - Today (Heisei & Reiwa)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

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

6 Products

Meigetsuin, Kamakura

Ohtsu, Kazuyuki

Meigetsuin, Kamakura

JP-210019

SOLD

Summer in Aizu

Saito, Kiyoshi

Summer in Aizu

JPR-210288

SOLD

Temple in the Green

Ohtsu, Kazuyuki

Temple in the Green

JP-210021

SOLD

Summer in Aizu

Saito, Kiyoshi

Summer in Aizu

JPR-207945

SOLD

Flowers and Bugs

Tokuriki, Tomikichiro

Flowers and Bugs

JP2372

SOLD

Iris and Dragonfly

Tokuriki, Tomikichiro

Iris and Dragonfly

JP-100842

SOLD