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Sosaku Hanga

Winter Trees — Sōsaku Hanga Japanese Woodblock Print
Winter Trees — Sōsaku Hanga Japanese Woodblock Print

Winter Trees — Sōsaku Hanga Japanese Woodblock Print

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

In 1978, Namiki turned decisively to woodblock printmaking, aligning himself with the sōsaku hanga (creative print) tradition, in which the artist designs, carves, and prints each wo...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

'Woman In Bagdad' — 1950s Japanese Sôsaku-hanga Abstraction
'Woman In Bagdad' — 1950s Japanese Sôsaku-hanga Abstraction

'Woman In Bagdad' — 1950s Japanese Sôsaku-hanga Abstraction

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Following his father’s death in 1950, Toshi began his very personal exploration of abstraction, joining the sôsaku-hanga movement (’creative prints’ wherein the artist is creator, ca...

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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

'Abstract in Turquoise and Copper', Sosaku-Hanga, NMAO, Tokyo, LACMA, Benezit
'Abstract in Turquoise and Copper', Sosaku-Hanga, NMAO, Tokyo, LACMA, Benezit

'Abstract in Turquoise and Copper', Sosaku-Hanga, NMAO, Tokyo, LACMA, Benezit

By Hiroyuki Tajima

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Tajima later studied fabric dyeing under Hirokawa Matsugoro (1889-1952) and woodblock printing with the Sosaku-Hanga artist, Nagase Yoshiro (1891-1978), a founder of the Japan Print ...

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1970s Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

'The Rain, Abstract in Ruby and Jade', sosaku-hanga, NMAO, Tokyo, LACMA, Benezit
'The Rain, Abstract in Ruby and Jade', sosaku-hanga, NMAO, Tokyo, LACMA, Benezit

'The Rain, Abstract in Ruby and Jade', sosaku-hanga, NMAO, Tokyo, LACMA, Benezit

By Hiroyuki Tajima

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Tajima later studied fabric dyeing under Hirokawa Matsugoro (1889-1952) and woodblock printing with the Sosaku-Hanga artist, Nagase Yoshiro (1891-1978), a founder of the Japan Print ...

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1970s Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

To Find Persistence in Men
To Find Persistence in Men

To Find Persistence in Men

By Pat Brandes

Located in Palm Springs, CA

It wasn't long before she was studying under Un'ichi Hiratsuka, one of the principle artists in a print movement then gaining worldwide recognition known as the Sosaku Hanga movement...

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1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Mixed Media, Woodcut

Flower in Vase (Summer)
Flower in Vase (Summer)

Flower in Vase (Summer)

Located in Fairlawn, OH

He is best known for his work in the sosaku-hanga, or “creative prints,” movement in the early 20th century even though he published in the shin-hanga method as well.

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1950s Other Art Style Still-life Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Flower Vase, Red Camellia, white plum, white daffodils and orchids
Flower Vase, Red Camellia, white plum, white daffodils and orchids

Flower Vase, Red Camellia, white plum, white daffodils and orchids

Located in Fairlawn, OH

He is best known for his work in the sosaku-hanga, or “creative prints,” movement in the early 20th century even though he published in the shin-hanga method as well.

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1950s Other Art Style Still-life Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Chrysanthemums
Chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemums

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Exhibited in Teiten and in the Nihon Sosaku-Hanga Kyokai show in 1929. Self-carved blocks.

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1950s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Almanac E
Almanac E

Hiroyuki TajimaAlmanac E, 1967

$1,100

H 33.25 in W 26.25 in D 1.5 in

Almanac E

By Hiroyuki Tajima

Located in San Francisco, CA

He also studied Nagase Yoshi (1891–1978), an artist of the Sōsaku-hanga school. In 1963, he became a member of the Nihon Hanga Kyokai (Japanese Print Association).

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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Katsura Kyoto (L)
Katsura Kyoto (L)

Kiyoshi SaitōKatsura Kyoto (L), 1964

$1,850

H 21.5 in W 28.5 in D 0.1 in

Katsura Kyoto (L)

By Kiyoshi Saitō

Located in San Francisco, CA

This one: 28/100 Condition: Good Unframed This wonderful Japanese woodblock print is by the Sosaku hanga master Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997). The print depicts a view in the garden of ...

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1960s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Seibutsu (Still Life)  A Vase and Apples
Seibutsu (Still Life)  A Vase and Apples

Seibutsu (Still Life) A Vase and Apples

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The purpose of the magazine was to publish, exhibit, and encourage appreciation of sôsaku hanga. A total of 65 different artists contributed to the various issues.

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1920s Showa Still-life Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Okiie Hashimoto Color woodblock, 1952. "Girl with Irises"
Okiie Hashimoto Color woodblock, 1952. "Girl with Irises"

Okiie Hashimoto Color woodblock, 1952. "Girl with Irises"

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Best known as part of the postwar revival of the sosaku-hanga (Creative Prints) movement. In 1936, he began creating woodblock prints after he attended a workshop organized by promin...

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1950s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Ave Maria-Nanban Music
Ave Maria-Nanban Music

Ave Maria-Nanban Music

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The purpose of the magazine was to publish, exhibit, and encourage appreciation of sôsaku hanga. A total of 65 different artists contributed to the various issues.

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1920s Other Art Style Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Children
Children

Kiyoshi SaitōChildren, Circa 1960

$850

H 20.75 in W 14.75 in D 0.65 in

Children

By Kiyoshi Saitō

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kiyoshi Saito was one of the first artists of the Japanese sosaku hanga movement whose art became successful and was widely accepted and awarded by an international audience.

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Children II
Children II

Kiyoshi SaitōChildren II, Circa 1960

$850

H 20.75 in W 14.75 in D 0.65 in

Children II

By Kiyoshi Saitō

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kiyoshi Saito was one of the first artists of the Japanese sosaku hanga movement whose art became successful and was widely accepted and awarded by an international audience.

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Keshin (Incarnation (Moku)
Keshin (Incarnation (Moku)

Keshin (Incarnation (Moku)

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Image size: 29 15/16 x 21 1/4 inches Sheet size: 37 3/8 x 27 1/4 inches Reference: Tadashi Nakiyama Life & Work, Plate F Tadashi Nakayama - Sosaku hanga artist Tadashi Nakayama init...

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1950s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Fishing Boats in Cap Muroto
Fishing Boats in Cap Muroto

Fishing Boats in Cap Muroto

Located in San Francisco, CA

He created successful commercial art for the Japan Wool Company and Nikka Whiskey.[1] Okuyama studied printmaking with Gajin Kosaka beginning in 1923, as well as with noted artist K...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Procession of Figures on a Diagonal Plane - Woodcut - Early 20th Century

Procession of Figures on a Diagonal Plane - Woodcut - Early 20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Though unsigned, the style and compositional daring suggest an artist associated with early 20th-century modern movements in Japan, possibly within the orbit of sosaku-hanga or exper...

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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Sadao Watanabe Stencil Print, 1979 - Noah's Ark
Sadao Watanabe Stencil Print, 1979 - Noah's Ark

Sadao Watanabe Stencil Print, 1979 - Noah's Ark

By Sadao Watanabe

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Watanabe's Kiku [Listening] (1960) was featured in the novelist James Michener's The Modern Japanese Print (1962), a book that introduced ten sosaku hanga artists to the Western audi...

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1970s More Prints

Materials

Stencil

Poem 70-82
Poem 70-82

Haku MakiPoem 70-82

$485

H 10.5 in W 7.25 in D 0.1 in

Poem 70-82

By Haku Maki

Located in San Francisco, CA

Haku had no formal art training, but studied for two years with the sōsaku-hanga artist Onchi Kōshirō (1891–1955). Two unique qualities of Maki Haku prints are the textures achieved...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Original Pencil Signed Stencil Print, 1974 - Noah's Ark
Original Pencil Signed Stencil Print, 1974 - Noah's Ark

Original Pencil Signed Stencil Print, 1974 - Noah's Ark

By Sadao Watanabe

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Watanabe's Kiku [Listening] (1960) was featured in the novelist James Michener's The Modern Japanese Print (1962), a book that introduced ten sosaku hanga artists to the Western audi...

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Mid-20th Century Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink

Original Pencil Signed Stencil Print - Noah's Art
Original Pencil Signed Stencil Print - Noah's Art

Original Pencil Signed Stencil Print - Noah's Art

By Sadao Watanabe

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Watanabe's Kiku [Listening] (1960) was featured in the novelist James Michener's The Modern Japanese Print (1962), a book that introduced ten sosaku hanga artists to the Western audi...

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Late 20th Century Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink

Untitled, Horsewoman
Untitled, Horsewoman

Tomikichiro TokurikiUntitled, Horsewoman, c.1960

$425

H 15.35 in W 20.5 in D 0.01 in

Untitled, Horsewoman

By Tomikichiro Tokuriki

Located in San Francisco, CA

He was a member of Nihon Hanga Kyokai from 1932, and active in promoting 'Sosaku Hanga' in Kyoto.

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Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Untitled, Two Horsemen
Untitled, Two Horsemen

Tomikichiro TokurikiUntitled, Two Horsemen, c.1960

$425

H 16.5 in W 21.15 in D 0.01 in

Untitled, Two Horsemen

By Tomikichiro Tokuriki

Located in San Francisco, CA

He was a member of Nihon Hanga Kyokai from 1932, and active in promoting 'Sosaku Hanga' in Kyoto.

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Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

The Pagoda of Ninnaji Temple in Kyoto with Cherry Blossoms - Woodblock Print
The Pagoda of Ninnaji Temple in Kyoto with Cherry Blossoms - Woodblock Print

The Pagoda of Ninnaji Temple in Kyoto with Cherry Blossoms - Woodblock Print

Located in Soquel, CA

He became a founding member of Kyoto’s Sosaku Hanga association in 1929. Asada’s art is now held in many major international collections such as the National Museum of Modern Art in ...

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1950s Showa Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Woodcut

Sadao Watanabe Original Stencil Print, 1973 - Adam and Eve
Sadao Watanabe Original Stencil Print, 1973 - Adam and Eve

Sadao Watanabe Original Stencil Print, 1973 - Adam and Eve

By Sadao Watanabe

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Watanabe's Kiku [Listening] (1960) was featured in the novelist James Michener's The Modern Japanese Print (1962), a book that introduced ten sosaku hanga artists to the Western audi...

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Late 20th Century More Prints

Materials

Paper

No Footprints Show, Where the Flowers Grow Deep
No Footprints Show, Where the Flowers Grow Deep

No Footprints Show, Where the Flowers Grow Deep

By Shiko Munakata

Located in Fairlawn, OH

After brief instruction from Un’ichi Hiratsuka in 1928, Munakata became active in the woodblock printmaking community: he belonged to both Kokugakai (1932-1953) and Nihon Hanga Kyoka...

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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Burst of Sound
Burst of Sound

Burst of Sound

By Misako Shimizu

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The first Print Show was held in 1956 and showcased a new form of woodblock print, “sōsaku hanga,” characterized by individuality and freedom of expression.

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Buddha Head - Mid Century Japanese Woodcut Print
Buddha Head - Mid Century Japanese Woodcut Print

Buddha Head - Mid Century Japanese Woodcut Print

By Kiyoshi Saitō

Located in Soquel, CA

Kiyoshi Saito emerged as Japan's most productive woodblock print artist, whose editions soon found worldwide markets. Sosaku Hanga artists were, however, first dismissed in the Japan...

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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper

"Nara" Japanese Townscape
"Nara" Japanese Townscape

Kiyoshi Saitō"Nara" Japanese Townscape, 1962

$1,600

H 22 in W 27.5 in D 1.5 in

"Nara" Japanese Townscape

By Kiyoshi Saitō

Located in Houston, TX

In 1956, Saito was sponsored by the State Department and the Asia Foundation to travel and exhibit around the United States and Europe. As a sosaku hanga artist, Saito’s prints are s...

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20th Century Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Maiko Kyoto" Japanese Figurative Woodblock Print
"Maiko Kyoto" Japanese Figurative Woodblock Print

"Maiko Kyoto" Japanese Figurative Woodblock Print

By Kiyoshi Saitō

Located in Houston, TX

In 1956, Saito was sponsored by the State Department and the Asia Foundation to travel and exhibit around the United States and Europe. As a sosaku hanga artist, Saito’s prints are s...

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20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Woodcut

Poem 71-25 (Me)
Poem 71-25 (Me)

Haku MakiPoem 71-25 (Me), 1971

$3,000

H 30 in W 19.25 in

Poem 71-25 (Me)

By Haku Maki

Located in Fairlawn, OH

He was a participant of the printmaking group, Ichimoku-kai (First Thursday [or wood] Society), which had been founded in 1946 by the influential sosaku hanga ('creative print') arti...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Poplar Tree B
Poplar Tree B

Shiko MunakataPoplar Tree B, c. 1959

$3,500

H 15.75 in W 13.88 in

Poplar Tree B

By Shiko Munakata

Located in Fairlawn, OH

As a result, unlike Onchi Kôshirô and other artists of the sôsaku hanga (creative print: 創作版画) movement who advocated self-expression in their printmaking, Munakata disclaimed indivi...

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1950s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Moses Smiting the Rock of Meribah, Exodus
Moses Smiting the Rock of Meribah, Exodus

Moses Smiting the Rock of Meribah, Exodus

By Sadao Watanabe

Located in San Francisco, CA

Watanabe's Kiku [Listening] (1960) was featured in the novelist James Michener's The Modern Japanese Print (1962), a book that introduced ten sosaku hanga artists to the Western audi...

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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Stencil

Three Men Defending a Fort
Three Men Defending a Fort

Sadao WatanabeThree Men Defending a Fort, 1972

$1,600

H 36 in W 31.75 in D 1.35 in

Three Men Defending a Fort

By Sadao Watanabe

Located in San Francisco, CA

Watanabe's Kiku [Listening] (1960) was featured in the novelist James Michener's The Modern Japanese Print (1962), a book that introduced ten sosaku hanga artists to the Western audi...

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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Stencil

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Ansei Uchima Woodblock Print on Japanese Paper, Forest Byobu "Fragrance"
Ansei Uchima Woodblock Print on Japanese Paper, Forest Byobu "Fragrance"

Ansei Uchima Woodblock Print on Japanese Paper, Forest Byobu "Fragrance"

Located in Providence, RI

After he returned to the United States in 1959, his floating, calligraphic compositions, characteristic of sosaku-hanga, suggested the growing influence of Abstract Expressionism.

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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink

Green Castle Gate
Green Castle Gate

Hiroyuki TajimaGreen Castle Gate, 1975

Unavailable

H 37 in W 24 in

Green Castle Gate

By Hiroyuki Tajima

Located in Seattle, WA

A prominent member of the Sosaku Hanga movement, Hiroyuki Tajima is best known for his luminous abstract woodblock prints with broad areas of rich, dense color.

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20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Blue Memory B
Blue Memory B

Hiroyuki TajimaBlue Memory B, 1975

Unavailable

H 38.5 in W 25 in

Blue Memory B

By Hiroyuki Tajima

Located in Seattle, WA

A prominent member of the Sosaku Hanga movement, Hiroyuki Tajima is best known for his luminous abstract woodblock prints with broad areas of rich, dense color.

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20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Minimum colour contrast with orange
Minimum colour contrast with orange

Minimum colour contrast with orange

Located in Llanbrynmair, GB

Takayanagi was part of the influential printmaking group Sosaku Hanga, which emerged in the early 20th century in Japan.

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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Geranium
Geranium

Yutaka TakayanagiGeranium, 1973

Unavailable

H 25.99 in W 20.08 in

Geranium

Located in Llanbrynmair, GB

Takayanagi was part of the influential printmaking group Sosaku Hanga, which emerged in the early 20th century in Japan.

Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Complementaries
Complementaries

Yutaka TakayanagiComplementaries, 1973

Unavailable

H 33.86 in W 27.96 in

Complementaries

Located in Llanbrynmair, GB

Takayanagi was part of the influential printmaking group Sosaku Hanga, which emerged in the early 20th century in Japan.

Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Flying
Flying

Yutaka TakayanagiFlying, 1973

Unavailable

H 23.23 in W 31.11 in

Flying

Located in Llanbrynmair, GB

Takayanagi was part of the influential printmaking group Sosaku Hanga, which emerged in the early 20th century in Japan.

Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pisces
Pisces

Yutaka TakayanagiPisces, 1977

Unavailable

H 22.45 in W 31.11 in

Pisces

Located in Llanbrynmair, GB

Takayanagi was part of the influential printmaking group Sosaku Hanga, which emerged in the early 20th century in Japan.

Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled
Untitled

Yutaka TakayanagiUntitled, 1973

Unavailable

H 25.99 in W 20.08 in

Untitled

Located in Llanbrynmair, GB

Takayanagi was part of the influential printmaking group Sosaku Hanga, which emerged in the early 20th century in Japan.

Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

Katsura Kyoto (L)
Katsura Kyoto (L)

Kiyoshi SaitōKatsura Kyoto (L), 1964

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H 21.46 in W 27.96 in

Katsura Kyoto (L)

By Kiyoshi Saitō

Located in Burbank, CA

Saito designed, carved and printed his prints himself, a member of the sosaku hanga movement.

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1960s Folk Art Landscape Prints

Materials

Mulberry Paper, Woodcut

Figure Holding A Drum Japanese Cubist Woodblock Print
Figure Holding A Drum Japanese Cubist Woodblock Print

Figure Holding A Drum Japanese Cubist Woodblock Print

By Mabuchi Toru

Located in Houston, TX

Later he entered the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and became a student of the sosaku hanga artist Unichi Hiratsuka. Mabuchi Toru graduated from Tokyo University in 1941 at the begin...

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20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Woodcut

"Earthenware And Haniwa" Japanese Woodblock Print
"Earthenware And Haniwa" Japanese Woodblock Print

"Earthenware And Haniwa" Japanese Woodblock Print

By Mabuchi Toru

Located in Houston, TX

Later he entered the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and became a student of the sosaku hanga artist Unichi Hiratsuka. Mabuchi Toru graduated from Tokyo University in 1941 at the begin...

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1950s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Japanese Wood Block Print Floral Still Life
Japanese Wood Block Print Floral Still Life

Japanese Wood Block Print Floral Still Life

By Mabuchi Toru

Located in Houston, TX

Among the artists of the sosaku hanga art movement, he is rather unique due to a strange technique that he had developed himself.

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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Portrait of the Kabuki Actor Sadanji II
Portrait of the Kabuki Actor Sadanji II

Portrait of the Kabuki Actor Sadanji II

Located in Burbank, CA

From the series Kanpo’s Creative Prints, First Series (Kanpo sosaku-Hanga Shu Daiishu). Excellent condition. Unframed.

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1920s Showa Figurative Prints

Materials

Mulberry Paper, Woodcut

Shop Girl, Cardin, Paris
Shop Girl, Cardin, Paris

Shop Girl, Cardin, Paris

By Kiyoshi Saitō

Located in Burbank, CA

Saito was an innovative giant in the sosaku hanga tradition of 20th century Japanese woodblock prints.

Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Cherry Blossoms and Pagoda at Ninnaji Temple — Showa Woodblock Print, 1940s
Cherry Blossoms and Pagoda at Ninnaji Temple — Showa Woodblock Print, 1940s

Cherry Blossoms and Pagoda at Ninnaji Temple — Showa Woodblock Print, 1940s

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

ABOUT THE ARTIST Benji Asada (1900 - 1984) was a Kyoto-based woodblock print artist and painter active in the Sosaku Hanga (Creative Print) movement during the early 20th century.

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1940s Showa Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Abstract "Flowers" with Red, Blue and Pink Tones
Abstract "Flowers" with Red, Blue and Pink Tones

Abstract "Flowers" with Red, Blue and Pink Tones

By Tokio Mayashita

Located in Houston, TX

His middle school teacher enabled him to study woodblock print making, from1946-48, with Hiratsuka Un'ichi (1895-1997), one of the founders of the sosaku hanga movement. In 1950, wh...

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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Lithograph

"Morning (Peonies)" Abstract Blue and Yellow Japanese Floral Landscape Print
"Morning (Peonies)" Abstract Blue and Yellow Japanese Floral Landscape Print

"Morning (Peonies)" Abstract Blue and Yellow Japanese Floral Landscape Print

Located in Houston, TX

Hashimoto was welcomed into Un’ichi’s circle of artists and friends, the Yoyogi group, an iconic group of woodblock printmakers working in the sōsaku-hanga style, also known as “crea...

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1940s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut, Paper

Poem 71-75
Poem 71-75

Haku MakiPoem 71-75, 1971

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H 17.188 in W 10.563 in

Poem 71-75

By Haku Maki

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Haku had no formal art training, but studied for two years with the sōsaku-hanga artist Onchi Kōshirō (1891–1955). Two unique qualities of Maki Haku prints are the textures achieved...

Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Kyoto And Window" Japanese Minimal Interior Woodblock Print
"Kyoto And Window" Japanese Minimal Interior Woodblock Print

"Kyoto And Window" Japanese Minimal Interior Woodblock Print

By Kiyoshi Saitō

Located in Houston, TX

In 1956, Saito was sponsored by the State Department and the Asia Foundation to travel and exhibit around the United States and Europe. As a sosaku hanga artist, Saito’s prints are s...

Category

1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Woodcut

"Shoji Kyoto" Japanese Interior Woodblock Print
"Shoji Kyoto" Japanese Interior Woodblock Print

"Shoji Kyoto" Japanese Interior Woodblock Print

By Kiyoshi Saitō

Located in Houston, TX

In 1956, Saito was sponsored by the State Department and the Asia Foundation to travel and exhibit around the United States and Europe. As a sosaku hanga artist, Saito’s prints are s...

Category

20th Century Modern Interior Prints

Materials

Woodcut

'Transcendance' — Sôsaku-hanga abstraction
'Transcendance' — Sôsaku-hanga abstraction

'Transcendance' — Sôsaku-hanga abstraction

By Toshi Yoshida 1

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Following his father’s death in 1950, Toshi began his very personal exploration of abstraction, joining the sôsaku-hanga movement (’creative prints’ wherein the artist is creator, ca...

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1960s Showa Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

'Transcendance' — 1960s Japanese Sôsaku-hanga Abstraction
'Transcendance' — 1960s Japanese Sôsaku-hanga Abstraction

'Transcendance' — 1960s Japanese Sôsaku-hanga Abstraction

By Toshi Yoshida 1

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Following his father’s death in 1950, Toshi began his very personal exploration of abstraction, joining the sôsaku-hanga movement (’creative prints’ wherein the artist is creator, ca...

Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

'Weeping Cherry 16 A' — Sosaku Hanga Contemporary Japanese Printmaker
'Weeping Cherry 16 A' — Sosaku Hanga Contemporary Japanese Printmaker

'Weeping Cherry 16 A' — Sosaku Hanga Contemporary Japanese Printmaker

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Originally trained as a sculptor, he began creating woodblock prints in 1978. Namiki follows the sosaku hanga (creative prints) tradition, carving and printing the blocks himself usi...

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2010s Showa Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Lake Biwa Viewed at Medura Temple.
Lake Biwa Viewed at Medura Temple.

Lake Biwa Viewed at Medura Temple.

By Tokuriki Tomikichiro

Located in Plano, TX

The art of Tomikichirō Tokuriki is an important bridge between the two great movements of Japanese art in the early twentieth century; shin hanga and sosaku hanga. Like the classic s...

Category

Mid-20th Century Showa Landscape Prints

Materials

Color, Dye Transfer, Woodcut

Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa

Tegucigalpa

By Pat Brandes

Located in Palm Springs, CA

It wasn't long before she was studying under Un'ichi Hiratsuka, one of the principle artists in a print movement then gaining worldwide recognition known as the Sosaku Hanga movement...

Category

1970s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Mixed Media, Woodcut

Flowers - Winter
Flowers - Winter

Bakufu OnoFlowers - Winter, 1952

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H 15.75 in W 11.25 in

Flowers - Winter

Located in Fairlawn, OH

He is best known for his work in the sosaku-hanga, or “creative prints,” movement in the early 20th century even though he published in the shin-hanga method as well.

Category

1950s Other Art Style Still-life Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Three Persimmons" Japanese Still Life
"Three Persimmons" Japanese Still Life

"Three Persimmons" Japanese Still Life

By Mabuchi Toru

Located in Houston, TX

Later he entered the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and became a student of the sosaku hanga artist Unichi Hiratsuka. Mabuchi Toru graduated from Tokyo University in 1941 at the begin...

Category

1960s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Street of Snow (Yuki Kaido)
Street of Snow (Yuki Kaido)

Street of Snow (Yuki Kaido)

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

The new sōsaku hanga was characterized by individuality and freedom of expression, as Japanese artists incorporated inspiration from a range of contemporary international art movemen...

Category

1990s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Boy from Aizu
Boy from Aizu

Kiyoshi SaitōBoy from Aizu, ca. 1955

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H 16.5 in W 11 in D 0.1 in

Boy from Aizu

By Kiyoshi Saitō

Located in San Francisco, CA

Edition: unknown Condition: Excellent Unframed This wonderful Japanese woodblock print is by the Sosaku hanga master Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997). It is in excellent condition with no...

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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Steady Gaze
Steady Gaze

Kiyoshi SaitōSteady Gaze, 1952

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H 29.75 in W 24 in D 2.5 in

Steady Gaze

By Kiyoshi Saitō

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kiyoshi Saito was one of the first artists of the Japanese sosaku hanga movement whose art became successful and was widely accepted and awarded by an international audience.

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Children
Children

Kiyoshi SaitōChildren, Circa 1960

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H 25.5 in W 20.5 in D 1.25 in

Children

By Kiyoshi Saitō

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kiyoshi Saito was one of the first artists of the Japanese sosaku hanga movement whose art became successful and was widely accepted and awarded by an international audience.

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Red Flower" Rare color woodcut
"Red Flower" Rare color woodcut

"Red Flower" Rare color woodcut

By Kiyoshi Saitō

Located in San Francisco, CA

Kiyoshi Saito was one of the first artists of the Japanese sosaku hanga movement whose art became successful and was widely accepted and awarded by an international audience.

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

NOTRE - DAME,  PARIS  (A)
NOTRE - DAME,  PARIS  (A)

NOTRE - DAME, PARIS (A)

By Kiyoshi Saitō

Located in Santa Monica, CA

$1,650 From Wikipedia - Saito......." was a proponent of the Sōsaku-hanga. "Creative prints", an art movement in early 20th-century Japan.

Category

1960s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Soba Noodle Vendor Cart at Night - Japanese Woodblock in Ink on Paper
Soba Noodle Vendor Cart at Night - Japanese Woodblock in Ink on Paper

Soba Noodle Vendor Cart at Night - Japanese Woodblock in Ink on Paper

By Tomikichiro Tokuriki

Located in Soquel, CA

Later he joined the Hanga Association and met other artists of the sosaku hanga movement like Hiratsuka, Masao Maeda, Kihachiro Shimozawa, Hide Kawanishi and Shiko Munakata.

Category

1950s Edo Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Woodcut

Temple Garden
Temple Garden

Kiyoshi SaitōTemple Garden, 1970

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H 14 in W 20 in D 1 in

Temple Garden

By Kiyoshi Saitō

Located in Soquel, CA

Kiyoshi Saitō (Saitō Kiyoshi, April 27, 1907 – November 14, 1997, born in Aizubange, Fukushima), was a sōsaku-hanga artist in 20th-century Japan. In 1938, he issued his first prints ...

Category

1970s Expressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink

Fishing Boats in Cap Muroto
Fishing Boats in Cap Muroto

Fishing Boats in Cap Muroto

Located in San Francisco, CA

He created successful commercial art for the Japan Wool Company and Nikka Whiskey.[1] Okuyama studied printmaking with Gajin Kosaka beginning in 1923, as well as with noted artist K...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Kaoru Kawano Japanese Color Woodblock Print - “Gentle Breeze”
Kaoru Kawano Japanese Color Woodblock Print - “Gentle Breeze”

Kaoru Kawano Japanese Color Woodblock Print - “Gentle Breeze”

By Kaoru Kawano

Located in Phoenix, AZ

A beautiful rendition by the artist in the true Sosaku Hanga style. Created 1950. Kaoru Kawano (1916-1965) was born in Otaru, Hokkaido in 1916, and studied at Kawabata art school in...

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Mid-20th Century More Prints

Materials

Paper

Poem 71-75
Poem 71-75

Haku MakiPoem 71-75, 1971

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H 17.188 in W 10.563 in

Poem 71-75

By Haku Maki

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Haku had no formal art training, but studied for two years with the sōsaku-hanga artist Onchi Kōshirō (1891–1955). Two unique qualities of Maki Haku prints are the textures achieved...

Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Poem 71-10

Haku MakiPoem 71-10, 1971

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H 12 in W 8.63 in

Poem 71-10

By Haku Maki

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Haku had no formal art training, but studied for two years with the sōsaku-hanga artist Onchi Kōshirō (1891–1955). Two unique qualities of Maki Haku prints are the textures achieved...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Sadao Watanabe Original Stencil Print, 1980 - The Last Supper
Sadao Watanabe Original Stencil Print, 1980 - The Last Supper

Sadao Watanabe Original Stencil Print, 1980 - The Last Supper

By Sadao Watanabe

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Watanabe's Kiku [Listening] (1960) was featured in the novelist James Michener's The Modern Japanese Print (1962), a book that introduced ten sosaku hanga artists to the Western audi...

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1980s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Hope
Hope

Sadao WatanabeHope, 1961

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H 32 in W 30 in D 1 in

Hope

By Sadao Watanabe

Located in Plano, TX

He and Yoshitoshi Mori were the two best-known 'sosaku hanga' artists to use the medium called kappazuri ("stencil printing"), a technique related to 'katazome' ("stencil dyeing").

Category

1960s Showa Figurative Prints

Materials

Color, Stencil

Animal Song #3
Animal Song #3

Haku MakiAnimal Song #3, c.1970

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H 24 in W 23.25 in D 1.75 in

Animal Song #3

By Haku Maki

Located in San Francisco, CA

Haku had no formal art training, but studied for two years with the sōsaku-hanga artist Onchi Kōshirō (1891–1955). Two unique qualities of Maki Haku prints are the textures achieved...

Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

The Nativity- "Housed in a 28 x 32-inch brown wood and gold metal frame."
The Nativity- "Housed in a 28 x 32-inch brown wood and gold metal frame."

The Nativity- "Housed in a 28 x 32-inch brown wood and gold metal frame."

By Sadao Watanabe

Located in Plano, TX

He and Yoshitoshi Mori were the two best-known 'sosaku hanga' artists to use the medium called kappazuri ("stencil printing"), a technique related to 'katazome' ("stencil dyeing").

Category

1960s Showa Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Stencil

The Child Plants an Oak Tree in the Garden
The Child Plants an Oak Tree in the Garden

The Child Plants an Oak Tree in the Garden

By Shiko Munakata

Located in Fairlawn, OH

After brief instruction from Un’ichi Hiratsuka in 1928, Munakata became active in the woodblock printmaking community: he belonged to both Kokugakai (1932-1953) and Nihon Hanga Kyoka...

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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

At New York (Self Portrait)
At New York (Self Portrait)

At New York (Self Portrait)

By Shiko Munakata

Located in Fairlawn, OH

After brief instruction from Un’ichi Hiratsuka in 1928, Munakata became active in the woodblock printmaking community: he belonged to both Kokugakai (1932-1953) and Nihon Hanga Kyoka...

Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Sadao Watanabe Stencil Print, 1973 - St. Peter and the Key of the Kingdom
Sadao Watanabe Stencil Print, 1973 - St. Peter and the Key of the Kingdom

Sadao Watanabe Stencil Print, 1973 - St. Peter and the Key of the Kingdom

By Sadao Watanabe

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Watanabe's Kiku [Listening] (1960) was featured in the novelist James Michener's The Modern Japanese Print (1962), a book that introduced ten sosaku hanga artists to the Western audi...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper

Sadao Watanabe Original Stencil Print, 1982 - Pentecost
Sadao Watanabe Original Stencil Print, 1982 - Pentecost

Sadao Watanabe Original Stencil Print, 1982 - Pentecost

By Sadao Watanabe

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Watanabe's Kiku [Listening] (1960) was featured in the novelist James Michener's The Modern Japanese Print (1962), a book that introduced ten sosaku hanga artists to the Western audi...

Category

1980s More Prints

Materials

Paper

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By M.C. Escher

Located in Paris, IDF

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20th Century Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Color

Airplane in landscape - landscape painting
Airplane in landscape - landscape painting

Airplane in landscape - landscape painting

By Jeroen Allart

Located in New York, NY

This beautiful painting by Jeroen Allart is part of his minimalist landscape and animal painting he did in his home country the Netherlands. 'A farm stands before you on the horizon....

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Sosaku Hanga For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact sosaku hanga you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. Find abstract versions now, or shop for abstract creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. If you’re looking to add a sosaku hanga to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of brown, black, gray, blue and more. A sosaku hanga from Kiyoshi Saitō, Tomikichiro Tokuriki, Mabuchi Toru, Sadao Watanabe. and Haku Maki — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in woodcut print, paper and lithograph can add an especially memorable touch. A large sosaku hanga can prove too dominant for some spaces — a smaller sosaku hanga, measuring 10.5 high and 7.25 wide, may better suit your needs.

How Much is a Sosaku Hanga?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a sosaku hanga in our inventory may begin at $150 and can go as high as $2,550, while the average can fetch as much as $1,000.

Finding the Right Prints And Multiples for You

Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.

Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.

For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

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