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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1400425

Artist

  • Sekino, Jun'ichiro
  • Kitaoka, Fumio
  • Miyashita, Tokio
  • Mori, Yoshitoshi

Series

  • Hokkaido (Sekino)

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)
  • 1989 - Today (Heisei & Reiwa)

Medium

  • Kappazuri
  • Prints
  • 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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Spring Rain at Li River

Spring Rain at Li River

JP-208222

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Fishing Boat and Green Crow

Kitaoka, Fumio

Fishing Boat and Green Crow

JP-210121

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Matsumae

Sekino, Jun'ichiro

Matsumae

JP1571

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Okushiri Island

Sekino, Jun'ichiro

Okushiri Island

JP1575

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Beach at High Noon

Miyashita, Tokio

Beach at High Noon

JP-100673

$425.00
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Battle at Dan-no-Ura

Mori, Yoshitoshi

Battle at Dan-no-Ura

JPR-111344

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