1990s Japanese Woodblock Prints
280 prints from the 1990s in our collection, created during the Heisei Era (1989–2019). 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.
Top Artists of the 1990s
Prints (280)
“Flamingo” by Alexander Calder, from the series "Viva Chicago"
1997
Mezzotint
“Miro's Chicago” by Joan Miró, from the series "Viva Chicago"
1997
Mezzotint
“Monument with Standing Beast” by Jean Dubuffet, from the series "Viva Chicago"
1997
Mezzotint
“The Four Seasons” by Marc Chagall, from the series "Viva Chicago"
1997
Mezzotint
#27 Considering Tokuyama Village
1996
Etching
#29 Considering Tokuyama Village — The Wind Filled with Roots
1996
Etching
#352 Kashimagawa
1998
Gelatin silver transparency on light panel
#381 Domi-muma
1999
Gelatin Silver Print
#60
1990
Gelatin Silver Print
51 Birds Flying Over (Diptych)
1995/96
Lithograph (diptych)
A Cliff (3)
1995
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
A Cliff (3)
1995
A Glade
1999
Lithograph with hand-colouring
A Secret Place
Etching
Abyss of Awakening - 5
Etching
Actor Nakamura Kichiemon II as the Footman Unpei
March 1991
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Afterglow At Shizugatake - 賤ヶ岳残照
1996
Woodblock print
Afternoon Roofs
1996
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Akihabara (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century)
1999
Color woodblock print
Almost Symmetric
1994
Mezzotint
Amagatsu 1, 1993
1993
C-type print
An Evening Moon
1990–91
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
An Evening Moon
1990
Anemones
Mezzotint
As Darkness Leaves
1990–91
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
As Darkness Leaves
1990
Ashtray
Silkscreen
Aubade
1995
Lithography
Aurora (II)
1992
Silkscreen Print
Aurora Boracha
Woodcut
Autumn — 秋づく
1999
Woodblock print
Bando Tamasaburo V as Ama Matsukaze
Woodblock print on ganpi paper with mica
Beige Wall
Zinc photoetching and woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Between Air and Water No. 2
1992
Color soft ground and hard ground etching with aquatint and drypoint printed on gampi paper chine colle
Between Air and Water No. 4
1992
Color soft ground etching with spit bite aquatint and drypoint printed on gampi paper chine colle
Between Air and Water No. 6
1992
Color soft and hard ground etching with spit bite aquatint and drypoint printed on gampi paper chine collé
Between Air and Water No. 7
1992
Color soft ground etching with spit bite aquatint and drypoint printed on gampi paper chine colle
Black Marks (artist’s proof)
1999
Woodblock print
Black Night Ginza (One Hundred Views of Tokyo)
Woodblock print and silkscreen
Blue / White
1998
Acrylic and ink on paper
Blue Dream
Woodblock print
Blue Shadow
1995
Reverse painting on glass
Blue Shadow
1995
Reverse painting on glass
Box Lid for 'Perplexity of Place'
1997
Woodcut, water-based pigments printed from multiple blocks
Bust Portrait Bando Tomisaburo V as Matsukaze- Design no 148
1994
Woodblock print
Butterfly
Etching
By the Lake (湖边)
湖边
1998
Multi-block woodcut print; water-soluble ink on paper
Cake Shop
1990
Woodblock
Canning River
Woodcut, edition of 30
Capriccio of the Four Seasons No. 3
1996
Woodblock Print
Chamber Music 1
Woodblock print
Chicago Picasso by Pablo Picasso, from the series "Viva Chicago"
1997
Mezzotint
Chinese New Year
1990
Chinese brush painting
Christmas 1993
Etching
City Park
Woodcut
Come Fly with Me (L)
Lithograph
Conspiracy with Morpheus - 2
Etching
Cool Breeze (Sofu)
1993
Photoetching and color woodblock print
Corncob by Bertrand Goldberg, from the series "Viva Chicago"
1997
Mezzotint
Crescent Moon and Sea C
1991
Woodblock print, ink and gold leaf on paper
Nearby Decades
Frequently Asked Questions
Hanga catalogues 280 Japanese woodblock prints created during the 1990s (Heisei Era, 1989–2019).
The 1990s fall within the Heisei Era (平成時代), which ran from 1989 to 2019.
Nana Shiomi, Hideo Hagiwara, and Katsunori Hamanishi are among the artists with the most 1990s prints in our collection.
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