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Shōwa Era

1980s Japanese Woodblock Prints

301 prints from the 1980s in our collection, created during the Shōwa Era (19261989). The Shōwa era encompassed Japanese printmaking's greatest upheavals and triumphs. Pre-war, shin-hanga flourished with Hasui, Yoshida, and Koitsu producing iconic landscapes.

Top Artists of the 1980s

Prints (301)

: Surface is the Between – Between Vertical and the Horizon – Paper Between a Stone and Brook by Ida Shoichi

: Surface is the Between – Between Vertical and the Horizon – Paper Between a Stone and Brook

1983

Lithograph on Fabriano paper, screen print, printed both sides with Chine-collé

"Space And Space" - 1988 Offset Lithograph on Paper by Susumu Endo

"Space And Space" - 1988 Offset Lithograph on Paper

1988

Lithograph on Paper

#41 Kasose 1.89 by Takahiko Hayashi

#41 Kasose 1.89

1989

Etching

#69 — 86 by Takahiko Hayashi

#69 — 86

1986

Etching

#926 by Yoshisuke Funasaka

#926

1986

Woodblock print

12 Aspects of Women, YUKI (Snow) by Torii Kotondo

12 Aspects of Women, YUKI (Snow)

Edition of 100, 1980

Woodblock print

1940s Car of the Future I by Lockwood Dennis

1940s Car of the Future I

Woodcut

550-S by Sekine Yoshio

550-S

1984

Screenprint in colors on mylar

799 by Yoshisuke Funasaka

799

1983

Woodblock print

832 by Yoshisuke Funasaka

832

1983

Woodblock print

833 by Yoshisuke Funasaka

833

1983

Woodblock print

933 (ed. 20/100) by Yoshisuke Funasaka

933 (ed. 20/100)

1986

Woodblock print

941 (ed.33/40) by Yoshisuke Funasaka

941 (ed.33/40)

1986

Woodblock print

956 by Yoshisuke Funasaka

956

1987

Woodblock print

965 (ed. 36/40) by Yoshisuke Funasaka

965 (ed. 36/40)

1987

Woodblock print

979 by Yoshisuke Funasaka

979

1988

Woodblock print

985 (ed. 92/110) by Yoshisuke Funasaka

985 (ed. 92/110)

1988

Woodblock print

A Nebula (No. 3) by Hideo Hagiwara

A Nebula (No. 3)

1987

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

A Winter Day by Kunio Kaneko

A Winter Day

1988, unlimited

Woodblock print

Actor Bandō Tamasaburō V as Ochika by Tsuruya Kokei

Actor Bandō Tamasaburō V as Ochika

July 1987

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō XII as Umeōmaru by Tsuruya Kokei

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō XII as Umeōmaru

March 1988

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Actor Ichikawa Danshirō IV as the Ferryman Tonbei by Tsuruya Kokei

Actor Ichikawa Danshirō IV as the Ferryman Tonbei

January 1988

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Actor Nakamura Kichiemon ll as Benkei by Tsuruya Kokei

Actor Nakamura Kichiemon ll as Benkei

February 1988

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Actor Nakamura Senjaku II as the Courtesan Osome by Tsuruya Kokei

Actor Nakamura Senjaku II as the Courtesan Osome

November 1987

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Actor Nakamura Utaemon VI as the Courtesan Chitose-dayū by Tsuruya Kokei

Actor Nakamura Utaemon VI as the Courtesan Chitose-dayū

March 1989

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Actor Onoe Shōroku II as Kudō Suketsune by Tsuruya Kokei

Actor Onoe Shōroku II as Kudō Suketsune

January 1989

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Adam and Eve by Sadao Watanabe

Adam and Eve

1980

Hand-colored stencil print; edition 12/100

After Autumn by Liu Chunhai

After Autumn

1988

Woodblock print

After Hiroshi (For H. Ed. Robison) by Micah Schwaberow

After Hiroshi (For H. Ed. Robison)

1989

Color woodblock print

After the Rain by Katsuyuki Nishijima

After the Rain

1986

Color woodcut

An Ode by Toko Shinoda

An Ode

1988

Woodblock print

Argen's Locks by Lockwood Dennis

Argen's Locks

Woodcut

Arroyo by Carol Summers

Arroyo

Woodcut

Autumn - 秋 by Torii Kotondo

Autumn - 秋

1980

Woodblock print

Autumn Clouds at Jūrigi by Hideo Hagiwara

Autumn Clouds at Jūrigi

1986

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Autumn Wind in the Foothills by Hideo Hagiwara

Autumn Wind in the Foothills

1981–86

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Ball of Green Yarn by Yozo Hamaguchi

Ball of Green Yarn

1981

Mezzotint

Bando Mitsugoro IX as Ukiyo Matahei by Tsuruya Kokei

Bando Mitsugoro IX as Ukiyo Matahei

Woodblock print on ganpi paper with yellow mica

Bando Tamasaburo V as Agemaki of the Miuraya 五世坂東玉三郎の三浦屋揚巻 / Okubie (Bust Portraits, Series III) by Tsuruya Kokei

Bando Tamasaburo V as Agemaki of the Miuraya 五世坂東玉三郎の三浦屋揚巻 / Okubie (Bust Portraits, Series III)

1983

Woodblock print

Battle of Fujigawa by Hideo Takeda

Battle of Fujigawa

Silkscreen

Below the Duck Pond by Micah Schwaberow

Below the Duck Pond

1982

Color woodblock print

Benkei by Tsuruya Kokei

Benkei

1980

Woodblock print

Between Vertical and Horizon--Descended Triangle (E) by Ida Shoichi

Between Vertical and Horizon--Descended Triangle (E)

1987

Color spit bite aquatint with soft ground etching and drypoint printed on gampi paper chine colle

Between Vertical and Horizon--Descended Triangle--Square (Black) by Ida Shoichi

Between Vertical and Horizon--Descended Triangle--Square (Black)

1987

Spit bite aquatint with aquatint, soft ground etching and drypoint

Bird on Flower by Keiko Minami

Bird on Flower

1985

Aquatint etching

Birds' Wake by Tadashige Ono

Birds' Wake

1985

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

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

Blue Sphere V-E by Koichi Ogawa

Blue Sphere V-E

Silkscreen

Boats of Hong Kong by Clifton Karhu

Boats of Hong Kong

1987

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Bottle with Lemon and Quarter Lemon by Yozo Hamaguchi

Bottle with Lemon and Quarter Lemon

1983

Mezzotint

Bottle with Yellow Lemons in Darkness by Yozo Hamaguchi

Bottle with Yellow Lemons in Darkness

1983–89

Color mezzotint

Bridge by Ouchi Makoto

Bridge

c. 1980

Etching, ink and color on paper

Burning Meadows at Asagiri by Hideo Hagiwara

Burning Meadows at Asagiri

1981–86

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Burning Meadows at Asagiri by Hagiwara Hideo

Burning Meadows at Asagiri

1981

Buttercups by Daniel Kelly

Buttercups

1983

Woodblock print; watercolor on French paper

Butterfly Dance - Summer by Chizuko Yoshida

Butterfly Dance - Summer

1984

Zinc plate and woodblock print

Butterfly Dance - Winter  by Chizuko Yoshida

Butterfly Dance - Winter

1985

Zinc plate and woodblock print

Carrot and Two Garlic by Art Hansen

Carrot and Two Garlic

Etching

Castle Tower above a Lake by Kawada Kan

Castle Tower above a Lake

1989

Color stencil print

Children's Parade by Daniel Kelly

Children's Parade

1982

Woodblock print; watercolor on French paper

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Frequently Asked Questions

Hanga catalogues 301 Japanese woodblock prints created during the 1980s (Shōwa Era, 1926–1989).

The 1980s fall within the Shōwa Era (昭和時代), which ran from 1926 to 1989.

Tsuruya Kokei, Lockwood Dennis, and Yoshisuke Funasaka are among the artists with the most 1980s prints in our collection.

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