Hanga

Heisei Era

平成時代

1989–2019

About the Heisei Era

The Heisei era saw Japanese woodblock printmaking evolve from a living tradition into a globally collected art form. While few new shin-hanga were produced, the collector market for vintage prints expanded dramatically, with auction houses worldwide featuring Japanese prints as a major category. Contemporary artists continued the moku-hanga tradition while incorporating digital tools for design. Museums mounted major retrospectives, and scholarly attention deepened understanding of printmaking's history and techniques.

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Movements (3)

Artistic movements active during the Heisei Era

Traditional Mokuhanga

c. 1600–present

Contemporary Mokuhanga

現代木版画

c. 1970–present

Experimental Print

c. 1980–present

Artists (448)

Artists active during the Heisei Era

Hamada Josen, Japanese print artist

Hamada Josen

浜田如洗

1875

Yamamoto Eishun, Japanese print artist

Yamamoto Eishun

山本英春

1879

Ito Sozan, Japanese print artist

Ito Sozan

伊藤宗山

1884

Kato Shinmei, Japanese print artist

Kato Shinmei

加藤晋明

1887

Hiratsuka Un'ichi, Japanese print artist

Hiratsuka Un'ichi

平塚運一

1895–1997

Shiro Kasamatsu, Japanese print artist

Shiro Kasamatsu

笠松紫浪

1898–1991

Yoshitoshi Mori, Japanese print artist

Yoshitoshi Mori

森義利

1898–1992

Okiie Hashimoto, Japanese print artist

Okiie Hashimoto

橋本興家

1899–1993

Takeji Asano, Japanese print artist

Takeji Asano

浅野竹二

1900–1999

Umetaro Azechi, Japanese print artist

Umetaro Azechi

畦地梅太郎

1902–1999

Tomikichiro Tokuriki, Japanese print artist

Tomikichiro Tokuriki

徳力富吉郎

1902–1999

Willy Seiler, Japanese print artist

Willy Seiler

1903–1997

H

Hashimoto Meiji

橋本明治

1904–1991

Y

Yoshioka Kenji

吉岡堅二

1906–1990

Kihei Sasajima, Japanese print artist

Kihei Sasajima

笹島喜平

1906–1993

Saito Kiyoshi, Japanese print artist

Saito Kiyoshi

斎藤清

1907–1997

Tsukioka Gyokusei, Japanese print artist

Tsukioka Gyokusei

月岡玉成

1908–1994

Takumi Shinagawa, Japanese print artist

Takumi Shinagawa

品川工

1908–2009

H

Higashiyama Kaii

東山魁夷

1908–1999

Tadashige Ono, Japanese print artist

Tadashige Ono

小野忠重

1909–1990

Yozo Hamaguchi, Japanese print artist

Yozo Hamaguchi

浜口陽三

1909–2000

Motoi Oi, Japanese print artist

Motoi Oi

大井基

1910–2004

Toshi Yoshida, Japanese print artist

Toshi Yoshida

吉田遠志

1911–1995

Nakao Yoshitaka, Japanese print artist

Nakao Yoshitaka

中尾義隆

1911–1994

Waichi Tsutaka, Japanese print artist

Waichi Tsutaka

津高和一

1911–1995

Keiko Minami, Japanese print artist

Keiko Minami

南桂子

1911–2004

Nishiyama Hideo, Japanese print artist

Nishiyama Hideo

西山英雄

1911–1989

Iwami Furusawa, Japanese print artist

Iwami Furusawa

古沢岩美

1912–2000

Hideo Hagiwara, Japanese print artist

Hideo Hagiwara

萩原英雄

1913–2007

Toko Shinoda, Japanese print artist

Toko Shinoda

篠田桃紅

1913–2021

Sadao Watanabe, Japanese print artist

Sadao Watanabe

渡辺禎雄

1913–1996

Hasegawa Konobu (Sadanobu IV), Japanese print artist

Hasegawa Konobu (Sadanobu IV)

長谷川小信 / 四代目長谷川貞信

1914–1999

Takahashi Rikio, Japanese print artist

Takahashi Rikio

高橋力雄

1917–1998

Fumio Kitaoka, Japanese print artist

Fumio Kitaoka

北岡文雄

1918–2007

Margaret Kennard Johnson, Japanese print artist

Margaret Kennard Johnson

1918–2015

Kumi Sugai, Japanese print artist

Kumi Sugai

菅井汲

1919–1996

Toru Mabuchi, Japanese print artist

Toru Mabuchi

馬渕徹

1920–1994

Iwao Akiyama, Japanese print artist

Iwao Akiyama

秋山 巌

1921–2014

Toneyama Kojin, Japanese print artist

Toneyama Kojin

利根山光人

1921–1994

Ansei Uchima, Japanese print artist

Ansei Uchima

内間安瑆

1921–2000

Sadamasa Motonaga, Japanese print artist

Sadamasa Motonaga

元永 定正

1922–2011

Ikeda Shūzō, Japanese print artist

Ikeda Shūzō

池田修三

1922–2004

Kanamori Yoshio, Japanese print artist

Kanamori Yoshio

金守世士夫

1922

Kinoshita Tomio, Japanese print artist

Kinoshita Tomio

木下富雄

1923–2014

Kawanishi Yuzaburo, Japanese print artist

Kawanishi Yuzaburo

川西祐三郎

1923–2014

Kazuo Shiraga, Japanese print artist

Kazuo Shiraga

白髪 一雄

1924–2008

Maki Haku, Japanese print artist

Maki Haku

巻白

1924–2000

Chizuko Yoshida, Japanese print artist

Chizuko Yoshida

吉田千鶴子

1924–2017

Carol Summers, Japanese print artist

Carol Summers

1925–2016

K

Kobayashi Donge

小林ドンゲ

1926–2022

Hodaka Yoshida, Japanese print artist

Hodaka Yoshida

吉田穂高

1926–1995

Ouchi Makoto, Japanese print artist

Ouchi Makoto

大内マコト

1926–1989

Fukita Fumiaki, Japanese print artist

Fukita Fumiaki

吹田文明

1926

Clifton Karhu, Japanese print artist

Clifton Karhu

1927–2007

Amano Kazumi, Japanese print artist

Amano Kazumi

天野和美

1927–2001

K

Kayama Matazō

加山又造

1927–2004

Reika Iwami, Japanese print artist

Reika Iwami

岩見禮花

1927–2020

Tadashi Nakayama, Japanese print artist

Tadashi Nakayama

中山正

1927–2014

Kawada Kan, Japanese print artist

Kawada Kan

川田幹

1927–1999

Eiichi Shibuya, Japanese print artist

Eiichi Shibuya

渋谷栄一

1928–2011

Art Hansen, Japanese print artist

Art Hansen

1929–2017

Amano Kunihiro, Japanese print artist

Amano Kunihiro

天野邦弘

1929–2020

Yayoi Kusama, Japanese print artist

Yayoi Kusama

草間 彌生

1929

Shoichi Hasegawa, Japanese print artist

Shoichi Hasegawa

長谷川潔一

1929–2023

Tokio Miyashita, Japanese print artist

Tokio Miyashita

宮下登喜雄

1930–2011

H

Hirayama Ikuo

平山郁夫

1930–2009

Ay-O, Japanese print artist

Ay-O

靉嘔

1931

Kobashi Yasuhide, Japanese print artist

Kobashi Yasuhide

小橋泰秀

1931–2003

Saito Kaoru, Japanese print artist

Saito Kaoru

斎藤薫

1931–2021

Rumen Skorchev, Japanese print artist

Rumen Skorchev

1932–2015

Susumu Endo, Japanese print artist

Susumu Endo

遠藤享

1933

Go Yayanagi, Japanese print artist

Go Yayanagi

矢柳剛

1933–2025

Fumio Fujita, Japanese print artist

Fumio Fujita

藤田不美夫

1933–2020

Tanaka Ryohei, Japanese print artist

Tanaka Ryohei

田中良平

1933–2019

Mitsuaki Sora, Japanese print artist

Mitsuaki Sora

空充秋

1934

Masuo Ikeda, Japanese print artist

Masuo Ikeda

池田満寿夫

1934–1997

Jiro Inatsugu, Japanese print artist

Jiro Inatsugu

稲継 次郎

1934

Michiko Hoshino, Japanese print artist

Michiko Hoshino

星野 美智子

1934

Shibata Shoichi, Japanese print artist

Shibata Shoichi

柴田昌一

1935

Kazuyuki Ohtsu, Japanese print artist

Kazuyuki Ohtsu

大津一幸

1935

Lee Ufan, Japanese print artist

Lee Ufan

李禹煥

1936

Kasamatsu Mihoko, Japanese print artist

Kasamatsu Mihoko

笠松美保子

1936

Koichi Maeda, Japanese print artist

Koichi Maeda

前田光一

1936

Jiro Takamatsu, Japanese print artist

Jiro Takamatsu

高松 次郎

1936–1998

Liao Shiou-Ping, Japanese print artist

Liao Shiou-Ping

1936

Tadanori Yokoo, Japanese print artist

Tadanori Yokoo

横尾 忠則

1936

L

Lin Chih-hsin

1936

Obata Tsutomu, Japanese print artist

Obata Tsutomu

小畑勉

1936

Watarai Junsuke, Japanese print artist

Watarai Junsuke

渡会純价

1936

Kusaka Kenji, Japanese print artist

Kusaka Kenji

日下健二

1936

Kato Teruhide, Japanese print artist

Kato Teruhide

加藤晃秀

1936–2015

Nakabayashi Tadayoshi, Japanese print artist

Nakabayashi Tadayoshi

中林忠良

1937

Genpei Akasegawa, Japanese print artist

Genpei Akasegawa

赤瀬川 原平

1937–2014

Shima Tamami, Japanese print artist

Shima Tamami

島珠実

1937–1999

Naoko Matsubara, Japanese print artist

Naoko Matsubara

松原直子

1937

Lockwood Dennis, Japanese print artist

Lockwood Dennis

1937–2012

Akira Kurosaki, Japanese print artist

Akira Kurosaki

黒崎彰

1937–2019

A

Anjin Abe

安倍安人

1938

Hao Boyi, Japanese print artist

Hao Boyi

郝伯义

1938

Sugiura Kazutoshi, Japanese print artist

Sugiura Kazutoshi

杉浦和俊

1938–2024

Yoshisuke Funasaka, Japanese print artist

Yoshisuke Funasaka

舩坂芳助

1939

Noriko Yanagisawa, Japanese print artist

Noriko Yanagisawa

柳澤 紀子

1940

Tatsuo Kawashima, Japanese print artist

Tatsuo Kawashima

川島達雄

1940

Kiyotsuka Noriko, Japanese print artist

Kiyotsuka Noriko

清塚紀子

1940

Tetsuo Aoki, Japanese print artist

Tetsuo Aoki

青木鉄雄

1940

Tetsuya Noda, Japanese print artist

Tetsuya Noda

野田哲也

1940

Tadayuki Naito, Japanese print artist

Tadayuki Naito

内藤忠行

1941

Teruo Isomi, Japanese print artist

Teruo Isomi

磯見 輝夫

1941

Sakazume Atsuo, Japanese print artist

Sakazume Atsuo

坂爪厚生

1941

Kansuke Morioka, Japanese print artist

Kansuke Morioka

森岡 完介

1941

Mayumi Oda, Japanese print artist

Mayumi Oda

小田真由美

1941

Yukio Katsuda, Japanese print artist

Yukio Katsuda

勝田幸男

1941

Fusako Yoshikawa, Japanese print artist

Fusako Yoshikawa

吉川 房子

1941

Takao Sano, Japanese print artist

Takao Sano

佐野隆男

1941

Kan Kozaki, Japanese print artist

Kan Kozaki

小崎侃

1942

Takeshi Hara, Japanese print artist

Takeshi Hara

原健

1942

Hara Keiko, Japanese print artist

Hara Keiko

原恵子

1942

Kimiko Kojima, Japanese print artist

Kimiko Kojima

小島 喜美子

1942

Kieko Tsurusawa, Japanese print artist

Kieko Tsurusawa

鶴沢喜恵子

1942

Tadashige Nishida, Japanese print artist

Tadashige Nishida

西田忠重

1942

Masayuki Hosoya, Japanese print artist

Masayuki Hosoya

細谷 政之

1943

Nakajima Kiyoshi, Japanese print artist

Nakajima Kiyoshi

中島潔

1943

Ryoichi Horie, Japanese print artist

Ryoichi Horie

堀江良一

1943

Morihiro Sato, Japanese print artist

Morihiro Sato

佐藤守弘

1943

Saito Takeshi, Japanese print artist

Saito Takeshi

斎藤武

1943

Nikolay Maystorov, Japanese print artist

Nikolay Maystorov

1943

Ushio Takahashi, Japanese print artist

Ushio Takahashi

高橋潮

1944

Kobayashi Keisei, Japanese print artist

Kobayashi Keisei

小林敬生

1944

Yitai Li, Japanese print artist

Yitai Li

1944

Y

Yowsaku Sekino

関野洋作

1944

Katsuyuki Nishijima, Japanese print artist

Katsuyuki Nishijima

西島勝之

1945

S

Shigeru Takeda

武田茂

1945

D

David Stones

1945

Kazuhiko Sanmonji, Japanese print artist

Kazuhiko Sanmonji

三文字和彦

1945

Ido Masao, Japanese print artist

Ido Masao

井堂雅夫

1945–2016

Yuichi Hasegawa, Japanese print artist

Yuichi Hasegawa

長谷川雄一

1945–2025

Haruyo Morita, Japanese print artist

Haruyo Morita

森田 春代

1945

Wako Ito, Japanese print artist

Wako Ito

伊藤和光

1945

Tsuruya Kokei, Japanese print artist

Tsuruya Kokei

弦屋光溪

1946

Osamu Sugiyama, Japanese print artist

Osamu Sugiyama

杉山修

1946

Hiroshi Yamazaki, Japanese print artist

Hiroshi Yamazaki

山崎博

1946–2017

Kazuharu Hanada, Japanese print artist

Kazuharu Hanada

花田 和治

1946–2017

Ivan Ninov, Japanese print artist

Ivan Ninov

1946

Hirokuni Aizawa, Japanese print artist

Hirokuni Aizawa

相沢 博邦

1946

Mayumi Koide, Japanese print artist

Mayumi Koide

小出 真由美

1947

T

Toshikage Osanai

小山内俊景

1947

Z

Zhiping Lu

1947

Masahiko Tsubota, Japanese print artist

Masahiko Tsubota

坪田政彦

1947

Ryoji Ikeda, Japanese print artist

Ryoji Ikeda

池田 良二

1947

Hajime Namiki, Japanese print artist

Hajime Namiki

並木一

1947

A

Akira Akiyama

秋山明

1947

Shoichi Kitamura, Japanese print artist

Shoichi Kitamura

北村昭一

1947

Daniel Kelly, Japanese print artist

Daniel Kelly

1947–2024

Hiroki Morinoue, Japanese print artist

Hiroki Morinoue

森之上博紀

1947

Kenji Nagai, Japanese print artist

Kenji Nagai

永井研治

1947

Masaaki Tanaka, Japanese print artist

Masaaki Tanaka

田中正秋

1947

Hideki Kimura, Japanese print artist

Hideki Kimura

木村 秀樹

1948

Ray Morimura, Japanese print artist

Ray Morimura

森村玲

1948

Morozumi Osamu, Japanese print artist

Morozumi Osamu

両角修

1948

Kawachi Seiko, Japanese print artist

Kawachi Seiko

河内清光

1948

Micah Schwaberow, Japanese print artist

Micah Schwaberow

1948–2022

Taniguchi Shigeru, Japanese print artist

Taniguchi Shigeru

谷口茂

1948

Mary Grey, Japanese print artist

Mary Grey

1948

Takemi Azumaya, Japanese print artist

Takemi Azumaya

東谷武美

1948

A

Akio Makigawa

牧川晃男

1948–1999

Dai Bin, Japanese print artist

Dai Bin

戴斌

1948

Yoshio Imamura, Japanese print artist

Yoshio Imamura

今村由男

1948

E

Eizin Suzuki

鈴木英人

1948

Hideo Takeda, Japanese print artist

Hideo Takeda

武田秀雄

1948

Hiroshi Shimura, Japanese print artist

Hiroshi Shimura

志村 博

1949

Yukio Ito, Japanese print artist

Yukio Ito

伊藤 幸夫

1949

Kunio Kaneko, Japanese print artist

Kunio Kaneko

金子國義

1949

Shibata Toshio, Japanese print artist

Shibata Toshio

柴田敏夫

1949

Yoshito Arichi, Japanese print artist

Yoshito Arichi

有地好登

1949

Tsukasa Yoshida, Japanese print artist

Tsukasa Yoshida

吉田司

1949

Eeva Ikonen, Japanese print artist

Eeva Ikonen

1949

Ryusei Okamoto, Japanese print artist

Ryusei Okamoto

岡本隆生

1949

Katsunori Hamanishi, Japanese print artist

Katsunori Hamanishi

浜西勝則

1949

Brian Williams, Japanese print artist

Brian Williams

1950

Roslyn Kean, Japanese print artist

Roslyn Kean

1950

Noriko Saito, Japanese print artist

Noriko Saito

斉藤典子

1950

Michael Reed, Japanese print artist

Michael Reed

1950

C

Chris van Otterloo

1950

Sonoyama Harumi, Japanese print artist

Sonoyama Harumi

園山晴巳

1950

Koichi Ogawa, Japanese print artist

Koichi Ogawa

小川幸一

1950

Seiichi Hiroshima, Japanese print artist

Seiichi Hiroshima

広島 誠一

1950

Shigeki Tomura, Japanese print artist

Shigeki Tomura

戸村茂樹

1951

Kazz Morishita, Japanese print artist

Kazz Morishita

森下和彦

1951

Koga Akira, Japanese print artist

Koga Akira

古賀彰

1951

Kumiko Igarashi, Japanese print artist

Kumiko Igarashi

五十嵐 久美子

1951

Mike Lyon, Japanese print artist

Mike Lyon

1951

Avito Koyama, Japanese print artist

Avito Koyama

小山アヴィト

1951

David Bull, Japanese print artist

David Bull

デイビッド・ブル

1951

April Vollmer, Japanese print artist

April Vollmer

1951

Jinan Kobayashi, Japanese print artist

Jinan Kobayashi

小林 次男

1951

Koichi Ebizuka, Japanese print artist

Koichi Ebizuka

海老塚耕一

1951

A

Annamarie Skibsted

1952

S

Suezan Aikins

1952

Karen Kunc, Japanese print artist

Karen Kunc

1952

Shue Chin Lin, Japanese print artist

Shue Chin Lin

1952

Richard Steiner, Japanese print artist

Richard Steiner

1952

Hao Ping, Japanese print artist

Hao Ping

1952

Keiko Kosaka, Japanese print artist

Keiko Kosaka

小坂 啓子

1953

Joshua Rome, Japanese print artist

Joshua Rome

1953

Milko Bozhkov, Japanese print artist

Milko Bozhkov

1953

Fukami Gashu, Japanese print artist

Fukami Gashu

深見画秀

1953

Yu Chengyou, Japanese print artist

Yu Chengyou

于承佑

1953

Shigeki Kuroda, Japanese print artist

Shigeki Kuroda

黒田茂樹

1953

Tsukasa Izuhara, Japanese print artist

Tsukasa Izuhara

出原 司

1953

Hidehiko Gotou, Japanese print artist

Hidehiko Gotou

後藤 英彦

1953

Hidehiko Goto, Japanese print artist

Hidehiko Goto

後藤秀彦

1953

Julie McLaughlin, Japanese print artist

Julie McLaughlin

1953

Koji Ikuta, Japanese print artist

Koji Ikuta

生田 宏司

1953

Tadashi Kato, Japanese print artist

Tadashi Kato

加藤 正

1953

Maruyama Hiroshi, Japanese print artist

Maruyama Hiroshi

丸山浩司

1953

Shuji Wako, Japanese print artist

Shuji Wako

和光修二

1953

Junichiro Yoshimatsu, Japanese print artist

Junichiro Yoshimatsu

吉松順一郎

1953

Gen Yamanaka, Japanese print artist

Gen Yamanaka

山中現

1954

Masahiro Kasai, Japanese print artist

Masahiro Kasai

笠井 正博

1954

Yuji Hiratsuka, Japanese print artist

Yuji Hiratsuka

平塚雄二

1954

Kishinaka Nobutoshi, Japanese print artist

Kishinaka Nobutoshi

岸中信利

1954

Yoshihide Fukumoto, Japanese print artist

Yoshihide Fukumoto

福本 義英

1954

Annie Bissett, Japanese print artist

Annie Bissett

1954

Mikio Watanabe, Japanese print artist

Mikio Watanabe

渡辺 幹夫

1954

Moya Bligh, Japanese print artist

Moya Bligh

1954–2009

Masato Sudo, Japanese print artist

Masato Sudo

須藤昌人

1955

Kyo Karasuma, Japanese print artist

Kyo Karasuma

烏丸 京

1955

Naomichi Hino, Japanese print artist

Naomichi Hino

日野 直道

1955

Hiroaki Miyayama, Japanese print artist

Hiroaki Miyayama

宮山 広明

1955

Yeh Lan, Japanese print artist

Yeh Lan

1955

Nana Shiomi, Japanese print artist

Nana Shiomi

塩見奈々

1956

K

Kim Eok

1956

Geraldine O'Reilly, Japanese print artist

Geraldine O'Reilly

1956

C

Cindi Royce Ettinger

1956

Sara Lee, Japanese print artist

Sara Lee

1956

Rie Hidaka, Japanese print artist

Rie Hidaka

日高 里恵

1956

Shinichi Nakazawa, Japanese print artist

Shinichi Nakazawa

中澤慎一

1956

Emiko Aida, Japanese print artist

Emiko Aida

アイダ・エミコ

1956

Tokihiro Sato, Japanese print artist

Tokihiro Sato

佐藤時啓

1957

Yoshihiko Ueda, Japanese print artist

Yoshihiko Ueda

上田義彦

1957

Kenji Takenaka, Japanese print artist

Kenji Takenaka

竹中健司

1957

Mio Asahi, Japanese print artist

Mio Asahi

朝日 美緒

1957

Sarah Brayer, Japanese print artist

Sarah Brayer

1957

Matsushita Satoru, Japanese print artist

Matsushita Satoru

松下哲

1957

Litzco Yamamiya, Japanese print artist

Litzco Yamamiya

山宮 律子

1958

Fumiko Oyama, Japanese print artist

Fumiko Oyama

大山 ふみこ

1958

Mary Brodbeck, Japanese print artist

Mary Brodbeck

1958

Ayomi Yoshida, Japanese print artist

Ayomi Yoshida

吉田亜世美

1958

Junko Hanahara, Japanese print artist

Junko Hanahara

花原 順子

1958

Yoshikatsu Tamekane, Japanese print artist

Yoshikatsu Tamekane

為金義勝

1959

Tuula Moilanen, Japanese print artist

Tuula Moilanen

1959

Toshihisa Fudezuka, Japanese print artist

Toshihisa Fudezuka

筆塚稔久

1959

Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese print artist

Yoshitomo Nara

奈良 美智

1959

Eimei Machida, Japanese print artist

Eimei Machida

町田 詠美

1959

E

Everett Kennedy Brown

1959

Joel Stewart, Japanese print artist

Joel Stewart

1959

A

Annu Vertanen

1960

Mana Aki, Japanese print artist

Mana Aki

真名亜紀

1960

Shinko Araki, Japanese print artist

Shinko Araki

荒木真子

1960

Yoshinori Kurimoto, Japanese print artist

Yoshinori Kurimoto

栗本 義紀

1960

Matt Brown, Japanese print artist

Matt Brown

1960

Endo Ryuta, Japanese print artist

Endo Ryuta

遠藤竜太

1960

Ralph Kiggell, Japanese print artist

Ralph Kiggell

1960–2022

Louise Leonard, Japanese print artist

Louise Leonard

1960

Shinji Ando, Japanese print artist

Shinji Ando

安藤真司

1960

Elke Thönnes, Japanese print artist

Elke Thönnes

1960

Furuya Hiroko, Japanese print artist

Furuya Hiroko

古屋博子

1961

Joel Karhu, Japanese print artist

Joel Karhu

1961

Junko Ishikawa, Japanese print artist

Junko Ishikawa

石川 順子

1961

Yuko Iwakiri, Japanese print artist

Yuko Iwakiri

岩切 裕子

1961

Yagi Nagisa, Japanese print artist

Yagi Nagisa

八木なぎさ

1961

Hisashi Kurachi, Japanese print artist

Hisashi Kurachi

倉地 比沙支

1961

L

Lu Ping

1961

Tomoko Ueno, Japanese print artist

Tomoko Ueno

植野 智子

1961

Wayne Crothers, Japanese print artist

Wayne Crothers

1961

Keisuke Yamamoto, Japanese print artist

Keisuke Yamamoto

山本 桂右

1961

Miho Miura, Japanese print artist

Miho Miura

三浦 美保

1961

Takahiko Hayashi, Japanese print artist

Takahiko Hayashi

林 孝彦

1961

Tom Kristensen, Japanese print artist

Tom Kristensen

1962

Lauren Drescher, Japanese print artist

Lauren Drescher

1962

Takashi Murakami, Japanese print artist

Takashi Murakami

村上隆

1962

Yeh Fang, Japanese print artist

Yeh Fang

1962

Fumiko Takeda, Japanese print artist

Fumiko Takeda

武田 史子

1963

Momori Kaga, Japanese print artist

Momori Kaga

加賀 百里

1963

N

Naruki Oshima

大島 成己

1963

Antonio Canau, Japanese print artist

Antonio Canau

1963

M

Marat Bekeyev

1964

Kate MacDonagh, Japanese print artist

Kate MacDonagh

1964

Fang Limin, Japanese print artist

Fang Limin

1964

Seiko Tachibana, Japanese print artist

Seiko Tachibana

橘 聖子

1964

Chunwoo Nam, Japanese print artist

Chunwoo Nam

1965

Arie Furumoto, Japanese print artist

Arie Furumoto

古本 有里

1965

Shu Kuroki, Japanese print artist

Shu Kuroki

黒木 周

1965

Cindy Ng Sio Leng, Japanese print artist

Cindy Ng Sio Leng

吴少英

1966

Kumi Obata, Japanese print artist

Kumi Obata

小幡 久美

1966

Liu Chunhai, Japanese print artist

Liu Chunhai

刘春海

1966

Susan Early, Japanese print artist

Susan Early

1967

Y

Yongsheng Yang

1967

Marieke Noort, Japanese print artist

Marieke Noort

1967

Y

Yasuko Iba

伊庭靖子

1967

Michael W. Schneider, Japanese print artist

Michael W. Schneider

1967

Elettra Gorni, Japanese print artist

Elettra Gorni

1967

Paul Binnie, Japanese print artist

Paul Binnie

1967

Yuko Kimura, Japanese print artist

Yuko Kimura

1968

Teruaki Fuchisawa, Japanese print artist

Teruaki Fuchisawa

渕沢 照晃

1968

Cliona Doyle, Japanese print artist

Cliona Doyle

1968

Makoto Kumagai, Japanese print artist

Makoto Kumagai

熊谷 誠

1968

Masahiko Minami, Japanese print artist

Masahiko Minami

南雅彦

1968

Liu Hsi-chuan, Japanese print artist

Liu Hsi-chuan

劉錫權

1968

Takuji Hamanaka, Japanese print artist

Takuji Hamanaka

浜中拓司

1968

Yasu Shibata, Japanese print artist

Yasu Shibata

柴田泰

1968

Tomoko Baba, Japanese print artist

Tomoko Baba

馬場 知子

1969

Endi Poskovic, Japanese print artist

Endi Poskovic

1969

Eiko Tanaka, Japanese print artist

Eiko Tanaka

田中 栄子

1969

Mariko Ando, Japanese print artist

Mariko Ando

1969

N

Natalia Moroz

1970

Janne Sakari Laine, Japanese print artist

Janne Sakari Laine

1970

M

Miriam Zegrer

1970

Ayako Tokitoh, Japanese print artist

Ayako Tokitoh

時任 礼子

1970

K

Kuniko Satake

佐竹 邦子

1970

Sebastian Masuda, Japanese print artist

Sebastian Masuda

増田セバスチャン

1970

Hung Keung, Japanese print artist

Hung Keung

洪強

1970

R

Raita Miyadera

宮寺 雷太

1971

Chen Long, Japanese print artist

Chen Long

1971

Fumiko Miyazaki, Japanese print artist

Fumiko Miyazaki

宮崎 文子

1971

Atsushi Matsuoka, Japanese print artist

Atsushi Matsuoka

松岡 篤志

1971

Chiaki Ogawa, Japanese print artist

Chiaki Ogawa

小川 千秋

1971

Hiroyuki Kitano, Japanese print artist

Hiroyuki Kitano

北野 裕之

1972

Toshinao Yoshioka, Japanese print artist

Toshinao Yoshioka

吉岡 俊直

1972

Katie Baldwin, Japanese print artist

Katie Baldwin

1972

N

Nobuaki Onishi

大西 伸明

1972

Yurie Mamiya, Japanese print artist

Yurie Mamiya

間宮 ゆり恵

1972

Hyejeong Kwon, Japanese print artist

Hyejeong Kwon

1973

Yoshihito Kawase, Japanese print artist

Yoshihito Kawase

川瀬良彦

1973

Hisaharu Motoda, Japanese print artist

Hisaharu Motoda

元田 久治

1973

Chiaki Shuji, Japanese print artist

Chiaki Shuji

集治千晶

1973

Wuon-Gean Ho, Japanese print artist

Wuon-Gean Ho

1973

I

Ito Hitomi

伊藤 瞳

1973

Junichi Mibugawa, Japanese print artist

Junichi Mibugawa

壬生川 純一

1973

KAWS, Japanese print artist

KAWS

1974

Ayaka Muto, Japanese print artist

Ayaka Muto

武藤 綾香

1974

Yoonmi Nam, Japanese print artist

Yoonmi Nam

1974

Saori Miyake, Japanese print artist

Saori Miyake

三宅 砂織

1975

Kazuya Kanda, Japanese print artist

Kazuya Kanda

神田 一也

1975

Nobuyuki Osaki, Japanese print artist

Nobuyuki Osaki

大﨑 のぶゆき

1975

Andy Farkas, Japanese print artist

Andy Farkas

1975

Hiroki Makino, Japanese print artist

Hiroki Makino

牧野 浩紀

1975

Masayuki Tsubota, Japanese print artist

Masayuki Tsubota

坪田昌之

1976

Haruka Furusaka, Japanese print artist

Haruka Furusaka

古阪 はるか

1976

M

Midori Harima

播磨 みどり

1976

Sayuri Kobayashi, Japanese print artist

Sayuri Kobayashi

小林 さゆり

1976

Michael Magers, Japanese print artist

Michael Magers

1976

Ikuhiro Kugo, Japanese print artist

Ikuhiro Kugo

久郷 育裕

1977

Tomomi Kamoshita, Japanese print artist

Tomomi Kamoshita

鴨下知美

1977

Ariadna Abadal Lloret, Japanese print artist

Ariadna Abadal Lloret

1977

Huang Chun-yuan, Japanese print artist

Huang Chun-yuan

黃椿元

1977

Daisuke Abe, Japanese print artist

Daisuke Abe

阿部 大介

1977

Rika Saito, Japanese print artist

Rika Saito

齋藤 里香

1977

Benoit Varaillon, Japanese print artist

Benoit Varaillon

1978

Yuasa Katsutoshi, Japanese print artist

Yuasa Katsutoshi

湯浅克俊

1978

Yasunori Kinukawa, Japanese print artist

Yasunori Kinukawa

衣川 泰典

1978

Akiko Kumazaki, Japanese print artist

Akiko Kumazaki

熊崎 晶子

1978

Taichi Kodama, Japanese print artist

Taichi Kodama

児玉 太一

1978

Kouseki Ono, Japanese print artist

Kouseki Ono

小野 耕石

1979

Watanabe Kanako, Japanese print artist

Watanabe Kanako

渡辺香奈子

1979

Takeshi Takano (with Daisuke Abe), Japanese print artist

Takeshi Takano (with Daisuke Abe)

鷹野 健 / 阿部 大介

1980

Izumi Kawai, Japanese print artist

Izumi Kawai

河合 いずみ

1980

Takehiro Nikai, Japanese print artist

Takehiro Nikai

二階 武宏

1980

Yosuke Takayama, Japanese print artist

Yosuke Takayama

髙山 陽介

1980

Mokutani Yoshiaki, Japanese print artist

Mokutani Yoshiaki

杢谷 圭章

1980

Toru Ishii, Japanese print artist

Toru Ishii

石井亨

1981

Yukari Maeda, Japanese print artist

Yukari Maeda

前田 由佳理

1981

Marie Yoshiki, Japanese print artist

Marie Yoshiki

芳木 麻里絵

1982

Yumiko Morisue, Japanese print artist

Yumiko Morisue

森末 由美子

1982

Junichi Ikeda, Japanese print artist

Junichi Ikeda

池田順一

1982

Natasha Norman, Japanese print artist

Natasha Norman

1982

Lucy May Schofield, Japanese print artist

Lucy May Schofield

1982

Chie Kuroda, Japanese print artist

Chie Kuroda

黒田 千恵

1983

Yuka Doutou, Japanese print artist

Yuka Doutou

堂東 由佳

1983

Seoul Kim, Japanese print artist

Seoul Kim

1983

Chika Osaka, Japanese print artist

Chika Osaka

大坂 秩加

1984

L

Lee Chun Fung

1984

Mika Endo, Japanese print artist

Mika Endo

遠藤 美香

1984

Kyoko Imazu, Japanese print artist

Kyoko Imazu

今津 京子

1984

Kohei Kyomori, Japanese print artist

Kohei Kyomori

京森 康平

1985

Asumi Hayashi, Japanese print artist

Asumi Hayashi

林 明日美

1985

Kurumi Wakaki, Japanese print artist

Kurumi Wakaki

若木 くるみ

1985

Kunikazu Kadota, Japanese print artist

Kunikazu Kadota

門田 訓和

1985

Matthew Willie Garcia, Japanese print artist

Matthew Willie Garcia

1985

Uwe Langmann, Japanese print artist

Uwe Langmann

1985

Hayaki Nishigaki, Japanese print artist

Hayaki Nishigaki

西垣隼

1985

Yuki Ideguchi, Japanese print artist

Yuki Ideguchi

出口雄樹

1986

Nishiyama Rui, Japanese print artist

Nishiyama Rui

西山瑠衣

1986

Azumi Takeda, Japanese print artist

Azumi Takeda

武田 あずみ

1986

Yukino Miyata, Japanese print artist

Yukino Miyata

宮田 雪乃

1986

Keisuke Yamaguchi (OZ), Japanese print artist

Keisuke Yamaguchi (OZ)

山口敬介

1986

Cyoko Tamai, Japanese print artist

Cyoko Tamai

玉井千代子

1987

Shinpey Ozaki, Japanese print artist

Shinpey Ozaki

尾崎 森平

1987

Konomi Honda, Japanese print artist

Konomi Honda

本田 このみ

1987

Akihiro Misaki, Japanese print artist

Akihiro Misaki

見崎彰広

1987

Tashima Megumi, Japanese print artist

Tashima Megumi

田島めぐみ

1988

Kana Ueda, Japanese print artist

Kana Ueda

上田 佳奈

1988

Okada Ikumi, Japanese print artist

Okada Ikumi

岡田郁美

1988

Yuki Nishimoto, Japanese print artist

Yuki Nishimoto

西元祐貴

1988

Sho Tanaka, Japanese print artist

Sho Tanaka

田中 彰

1988

Terumi Oishi, Japanese print artist

Terumi Oishi

大石 照美

1988

Chihiro Taki, Japanese print artist

Chihiro Taki

滝 千尋

1988

Nao Osada, Japanese print artist

Nao Osada

長田 奈緒

1988

Harina Raina, Japanese print artist

Harina Raina

1989

Saki Kitamura, Japanese print artist

Saki Kitamura

北村 早紀

1989

Dawoon Jung, Japanese print artist

Dawoon Jung

チョン ダウン

1989

Sayaka Kawamura, Japanese print artist

Sayaka Kawamura

川村紗耶佳

1989

Eriko Notsu, Japanese print artist

Eriko Notsu

野津 絵理子

1989

Emi Hamano, Japanese print artist

Emi Hamano

濱野 絵美

1990

Hana Sawada, Japanese print artist

Hana Sawada

澤田 華

1990

Alexia Vogel, Japanese print artist

Alexia Vogel

1991

Hiroyuki Omori, Japanese print artist

Hiroyuki Omori

大森 弘之

1991

Nanae Sugimoto, Japanese print artist

Nanae Sugimoto

杉本奈枝

1991

Naoya Hirata, Japanese print artist

Naoya Hirata

平田 尚也

1991

Yuki Kashiwagi, Japanese print artist

Yuki Kashiwagi

柏木 優希

1991

Aeri Park, Japanese print artist

Aeri Park

朴 愛里

1992

Agata Paulina Perzynska, Japanese print artist

Agata Paulina Perzynska

1992

Saki Murakami, Japanese print artist

Saki Murakami

村上 早

1992

Ryo Nishimura, Japanese print artist

Ryo Nishimura

西村亮

1993

Haruka Matsumoto, Japanese print artist

Haruka Matsumoto

松元 悠

1993

Klara Vith, Japanese print artist

Klara Vith

1993

Yukako Manabe, Japanese print artist

Yukako Manabe

真鍋 裕加子

1994

Aya Hatanaka, Japanese print artist

Aya Hatanaka

畑中 彩

1994

Sosuke Ueta, Japanese print artist

Sosuke Ueta

植田 爽介

1994

Aafke Bouman, Japanese print artist

Aafke Bouman

1994

Mizuki Ashikawa, Japanese print artist

Mizuki Ashikawa

芦川 瑞季

1994

Kaoru Kusanagi, Japanese print artist

Kaoru Kusanagi

草薙 薫

1995

Rin Takahashi, Japanese print artist

Rin Takahashi

髙橋 凜

1996

Yuu Miyauchi, Japanese print artist

Yuu Miyauchi

宮内 柚

1996

J

Jay Lau Ka-chun

1997

Masaki Sugimoto, Japanese print artist

Masaki Sugimoto

杉本将己

1997

Yasuyuki Kawarai, Japanese print artist

Yasuyuki Kawarai

河原井 康行

1997

Chika Kotaki, Japanese print artist

Chika Kotaki

香焼 知佳

1998

Sho Naganuma, Japanese print artist

Sho Naganuma

長沼 翔

1998

Y

Yui Onodera

小野寺唯

1998

Yuka Aoyagi, Japanese print artist

Yuka Aoyagi

青柳 由香

1999

Miyu Isozaki, Japanese print artist

Miyu Isozaki

磯崎 美結

1999

Tamayo Oishi, Japanese print artist

Tamayo Oishi

大石 玉世

1999

Julie May, Japanese print artist

Julie May

2000

Nene Sato, Japanese print artist

Nene Sato

佐藤 寧音

2001

Kanta Kobayashi, Japanese print artist

Kanta Kobayashi

小林 幹太

2001

Michika Noda, Japanese print artist

Michika Noda

野田 倫加

2002

Takumi Kimoto, Japanese print artist

Takumi Kimoto

木本 巧

2003

Notable Works

Works created during the Heisei Era

Sunset in Tokyo (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century) by Hideo Hagiwara

Sunset in Tokyo (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century)

Diary: Nov. 24th '98, in Ueno Park (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ) by Tetsuya Noda

Diary: Nov. 24th '98, in Ueno Park (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ)

1989-99

Division—Work #12 by Katsunori Hamanishi

Division—Work #12

1989

Mezzotint

The Sea by Clifton Karhu

The Sea

1989

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Nakamura Utaemon in a Courtesan Role by Tsuruya Kokei

Nakamura Utaemon in a Courtesan Role

1989

Woodblock print

Onoe Kikugoro as Yosaburo from the Genjimise by Tsuruya Kokei

Onoe Kikugoro as Yosaburo from the Genjimise

July 1989

Woodblock print

Onoe Shoroku as Kudo Suketsune in the play by Tsuruya Kokei

Onoe Shoroku as Kudo Suketsune in the play

1989

Woodblock print

Black night-Ginza (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ) by Yoshisuke Funasaka

Black night-Ginza (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ)

1989-99

Early Summer by Yoshisuke Funasaka

Early Summer

Not dated (1989)

Woodblock print

Tokyo bay side Shibaura (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ) by Fumio Kitaoka

Tokyo bay side Shibaura (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ)

1989-99

Color woodblock print

Swing by Katsunori Hamanishi

Swing

1989

Mezzotint

Ginza Fantasy (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ) by Reika Iwami

Ginza Fantasy (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ)

1989-99

Frequently Asked Questions

The Heisei Era (平成時代) ran from 1989 to 2019.

The Heisei era saw Japanese woodblock printmaking evolve from a living tradition into a globally collected art form. While few new shin-hanga were produced, the collector market for vintage prints expanded dramatically, with auction houses worldwide featuring Japanese prints as a major category. Contemporary artists continued the moku-hanga tradition while incorporating digital tools for design. Museums mounted major retrospectives, and scholarly attention deepened understanding of printmaking's history and techniques.

Traditional Mokuhanga, Contemporary Mokuhanga, and Experimental Print were among the movements active during the Heisei Era.

Hanga catalogues 448 artists whose careers overlap with the Heisei Era (1989–2019).

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