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Sosaku Hanga

Modern Japanese Printmaking

Sosaku Hanga, or “Creative Printing,” was an important 20th century movement in Japanese printmaking. Sosaku Hanga artists explored a broad range of artistic possibilities with their imaginative and unorthodox use of color, subject matter, and printing methods. Instead of relying on the collaborative artist-publisher process that had defined Japanese woodblock printing for centuries, Sosaku Hanga artists took control of every aspect of production - drawing, cutting, and printing their blocks to independently realize their creative visions.

RELATED JAPANESE LINKS:
Yozo Hamaguchi, Mizuno Hidekata, Kaoru Kawano, Imao Keinen, Tsuchiya Kogyo, Sadao Watanabe, Edo Period (1603-1867), Meiji Period (1868-1912), Shunga (1780-1900), Shin Hanga, Dai Chikamatsu Hanga Zenshu, Sosaku Hanga, Japanese Abstract/Modern

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  Takeji Asano (Japanese, 1900-1999)
  Snow in Kofukuji Temple
  Color Woodblock, 1953.
  Oban, 14-1/4 x 9-1/4 inches.
  30782c
  SOLD
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  Umetaro Azechi (Japanese, 1902-1999)
  Calling to the Mountains
  Color woodblock, c. 1980. Signed in pencil. Unnumbered edition. Published by Yoshido Gallery (stamp verso). Small tear in top margin. Lightly toned, esp. verso.
  15-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches.
  28256
  $1200
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  Fumio Kitaoka (Japanese, 1918-2007)
  Stone Garden
  Color Woodblock, 1965. Edition: 12/50. Signed and titled in pencil.
  21-1/2 x 16 inches.
  27239c
  $500
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  Fumio Kitaoka (Japanese, 1918-2007)
  Old Fisherman in a Net-House
  Color woodblock, 1966. Signed. Edition 30/50. Very lightly toned.
  15-3/4 x 21-1/2 inches.
  29003c
  $500
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  Fumio Kitaoka (Japanese, 1918-2007)
  Fishing Village in the Afternoon
  Woodcut, 1967. Edition 64/210. Signed.
  15-1/2 x 21-1/2 inches.
  29204c
  $475
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  Kiyoshi Saito (Japanese, 1907-1997)
  Haniwa (Clay dolls from ancient Japanese burial sites)
  Color woodblock, ca. 1955. Signed in ink, titled in pencil. Artist seal verso, minor foxing verso.
  5-7/8 x11-1/4 inches.
  31215c
  $850
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  Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997)
  June
  Color woodblock with embossing, 1974. Signed. Edition 61/150. Very faintly toned.
  11-5/8 x 16-5/8 inches.
  29494c
  $1600
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  Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997)
  Untitled (Trees in bloom)
  Color woodblock, 1984. Signed. Edition 85/130. Professionally cleaned and backed for strength.
  15 x 20-3/4 inches.
  29495
  $2200
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  Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997)
  Plowing the Field
  Color woodblock. Signed. Unnumbered edition.
  10-1/4 x 15-1/8 inches.
  29597c
  $625
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  Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997)
  Shoji, Kyoto (B)
  Color woodblock, 1954. Signed. Artist’s red seal. Edition 47/50. Tape stains in top margin. Very faint halo of matburn.
  12-1/8 x 20 inches.
  28788c
  New Price: $1800
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  Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997)
  Children Shoveling Snow
  Color woodblock. Signed in pencil with the artist’s stamp.
  14-1/4 x 9-5/8 inches.
  24170
  $575
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  Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997)
  New York (A)
  Color woodcut, 1963. Edition 31/50. Signed in brush.
  24 x 18 inches.
  29490c
  SOLD
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  Jun’ichirô Sekino (Japanese, 1914-1988)
  Montmartre
  Color woodblock, 1959. Edition: 8/100, First state. Signed and numbered in pencil. Printed on a sheet with vertical crease in bottom left margin.
  4-3/4 x 21-1/2 inches.
  31209c
  $475
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  Jun’ichirô Sekino (1914-1988)
  Kuwana - Haiku Monument
  Color woodblock, 1964, from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, 1959-1974. Signed.
  12-3/4 x 18-1/8 inches.
  28724c
  SOLD
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  Jun’ichirô Sekino (1914-1988)
  Boy with Dog
  Color woodblock. Signed, Sekino watermark. First edition, Edition 29/100. Some tape residue verso.
  18-1/4 x 15 inches.
  30818c
  $950
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  Jun’ichirô Sekino (1914-1988)
  Joruri Puppet Theatre
  Color woodblock. Signed. Edition: 64/100.
  19-1/2 x 25-3/4 inches.
  27834
  $1800
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  Jun’ichirô Sekino (1914-1988)
  Oregon Deer
  Color woodblock, 1963. Proof executed in a demonstration at Oregon State University, 1963. Signed in pencil.
  12-1/2 x 19-3/8 inches.
  26699
  SOLD
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  Jun’ichirô Sekino (1914-1988)
  Miya
  Color woodblock, 1960, from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, 1959-1974. Signed.
  12-3/4 x 18-1/8 inches.
  28726c
  SOLD
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  Jun’ichirô Sekino (1914-1988)
  Kawasaki
  Color woodblock, 1960, from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, 1959-1974. Signed in pencil.
  12-3/4 x 18 inches.
  25109
  $450
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  Jun’ichirô Sekino (1914-1988)
  Minakuchi
  Color woodblock, 1961, from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, 1959-1974. Signed in pencil.
  12-3/4 x 18-1/2 inches.
  25110
  $700