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Heisei Era

2010s Japanese Woodblock Prints

715 prints from the 2010s in our collection, created during the Heisei Era (19892019). 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 2010s

Prints (715)

#127 Spinning Round Round, I Fell by Takahiko Hayashi

#127 Spinning Round Round, I Fell

2010

Wood engraving

#151 The Unformed Figure — Simplicity into Smaller by Takahiko Hayashi

#151 The Unformed Figure — Simplicity into Smaller

2011

Etching

#167 Considering Lao-tse (2) by Takahiko Hayashi

#167 Considering Lao-tse (2)

2012

Etching

1000 Wingbeats for One Drop of Nectar by Tuula Moilanen

1000 Wingbeats for One Drop of Nectar

2011

Mokuhanga

3 White Squares by Yasu Shibata

3 White Squares

2014

Japanese Woodcut on Kozo paper.

A Bowlful of Water by Nana Shiomi

A Bowlful of Water

2015

Japanese Woodcut

A Day of Stars by Gen Yamanaka

A Day of Stars

Woodblock print

A Forgotten Book by Fumiko Takeda

A Forgotten Book

忘れられた書物

ca. 2014

Etching and aquatint, chine-collé

A Girl's Growth to Adulthood by Chihiro Taki

A Girl's Growth to Adulthood

2010

Oil and gold on wooden panel

A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Sharaku's Caricatures by Paul Binnie

A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Sharaku's Caricatures

2011

Color woodblock print

A Job in City by Brian Williams

A Job in City

Lithograph

A Moment of Silence by Yuasa Katsutoshi

A Moment of Silence

2013

Oil-based woodcut on paper

a moment-15-7 by Tomoe Suzuki

a moment-15-7

2015

Lithograph

a moment-15-8 by Tomoe Suzuki

a moment-15-8

2015

Lithograph

A musical note with a rainbow-colored tail and a black circle at the bottom, labeled 'Dead Weight/A.P 2016'. by Charles Spitzack

A musical note with a rainbow-colored tail and a black circle at the bottom, labeled 'Dead Weight/A.P 2016'.

A Perfect Love by Jed Henry

A Perfect Love

Woodblock print

A Phantasmagorica by Shinji Ando

A Phantasmagorica

Etching with chine colle

A Postcard (Avocado) by Yoshikatsu Tamekane

A Postcard (Avocado)

2014

Woodblock, gold leaf

A Storm is Coming  by Asako Iwasawa

A Storm is Coming

2016

Acrylic on canvas

A Sweet Smell Faintly Drifted by Shinji Ando

A Sweet Smell Faintly Drifted

Etching with chine colle

Abaca by Yuko Kimura

Abaca

2016

Abaca paper and wire

Absorption by Yoshikatsu Tamekane

Absorption

Woodblock print with collagraph and metallic leaf

Abstract #3 by Yeh Fang

Abstract #3

2010

Chinese brush painting

Abstract #4 by Yeh Fang

Abstract #4

2010

Chinese Brush Painting

Abstract #6 by Yeh Fang

Abstract #6

2010

Chinese Brush Painting

Abyss of the Forest by Fumiko Takeda

Abyss of the Forest

森の深淵

ca. 2019

Etching and aquatint, chine-collé

Adrift by Sara Lee

Adrift

2016

Gouache and Japanese woodcut

Again  by Masahiko Minami

Again

2016

Charcoal and graphite

Amaterasu by Sarah Brayer

Amaterasu

2010

Aquatint on artist-made mulberry paper with washi chine collĂŠ and hand coloring

And Then (Blue) by Takashi Murakami

And Then (Blue)

Offset lithograph

Angel by April Vollmer

Angel

2015

Woodcut on mura washi

Apple Tree 2 by Yoshihiko Ueda

Apple Tree 2

2017

C-print, acrylic frame

Apple Tree 4 by Yoshihiko Ueda

Apple Tree 4

2017

C-print, acrylic frame

Arabesque by Yoshio Imamura

Arabesque

2015

Etching and chine colle

Arbitrariness-Labyrinth by Takehiro Nikai

Arbitrariness-Labyrinth

刻線の迷宮

2018

Wood engraving (kiguchi mokuhan)

Arise by Mana Aki

Arise

2016

Woodblock

As Shadows Fall by Sara Lee

As Shadows Fall

2019

Pastel on Paper

Asahina by Takahashi Hiromitsu

Asahina

2011

Kappazuri stencil

Autumn Aspens (II) - Inyo by Monique Wales

Autumn Aspens (II) - Inyo

2017

Multi-Plate Reductive Linocut Relief Print

Autumn Rain Shower at Yakushiji by Ray Morimura

Autumn Rain Shower at Yakushiji

2019

Woodblock on washi paper

Autumn Shapes by Gen Yamanaka

Autumn Shapes

Woodblock print

Autumn View by Xu Ming

Autumn View

2014

Chinese brush painting

Awakening by Toko Shinoda

Awakening

2012

Original painting on paper, cinnabar pigment

Away by Takuro Yokoo

Away

Lithography (stone, chine-collé)

Away (far) by Takuro Yokoo

Away (far)

Lithography (stone, chine-collé)

Bakeneko at 2am by Kyoko Imazu

Bakeneko at 2am

2012

Etching and aquatint

Balloon 2 (ふうせん2) by Saki Murakami

Balloon 2 (ふうせん2)

ふうせん2

2018

Copperplate etching

Bamboo and Plum  by Ryo Shinagawa

Bamboo and Plum

2018

Ink on Paper

Barbed Wire Series by Kakyoung Lee

Barbed Wire Series

2018

Offset lithography on BFK paper

Basic Room -Chashitsu- by Nana Shiomi

Basic Room -Chashitsu-

2013

Woodblock

Basic Room -Ichimatsu- by Nana Shiomi

Basic Room -Ichimatsu-

2013

Woodblock

Bay by Karen Kunc

Bay

2011

Woodcut, mokuhanga woodblock, watercolor, wax

Be My Friend by Weiqi Wang

Be My Friend

2014

Chinese brush painting

beating of copper - 079 by Junichi Ikeda

beating of copper - 079

2019

Drypoint

Beauty by Weiqi Wang

Beauty

2014

Chinese brush painting

Beckoning Line  by Sara Lee

Beckoning Line

2017

Pastel on paper

Before the Fight by Jed Henry

Before the Fight

Woodblock print

BIJING NOW  DRAWING 05  by Toru Ishii

BIJING NOW DRAWING 05

2016

Acrylic ink on paper

BIJING NOW 01 by Toru Ishii

BIJING NOW 01

2016

Digital Dyeing on Silk

BIJING NOW 02 by Toru Ishii

BIJING NOW 02

2016

Digital Dyeing on Silk

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Frequently Asked Questions

Hanga catalogues 715 Japanese woodblock prints created during the 2010s (Heisei Era, 1989–2019).

The 2010s fall within the Heisei Era (平成時代), which ran from 1989 to 2019.

Nana Shiomi, Masayuki Tsubota, and Cyoko Tamai are among the artists with the most 2010s prints in our collection.

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