1980s Japanese Woodblock Prints
301 prints from the 1980s in our collection, created during the Shōwa Era (1926–1989). 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
1983
Lithograph on Fabriano paper, screen print, printed both sides with Chine-collé

"Space And Space" - 1988 Offset Lithograph on Paper
1988
Lithograph on Paper
#41 Kasose 1.89
1989
Etching
#69 — 86
1986
Etching

#926
1986
Woodblock print

12 Aspects of Women, YUKI (Snow)
Edition of 100, 1980
Woodblock print

1940s Car of the Future I
Woodcut

550-S
1984
Screenprint in colors on mylar

799
1983
Woodblock print

832
1983
Woodblock print

833
1983
Woodblock print

933 (ed. 20/100)
1986
Woodblock print

941 (ed.33/40)
1986
Woodblock print

956
1987
Woodblock print

965 (ed. 36/40)
1987
Woodblock print

979
1988
Woodblock print

985 (ed. 92/110)
1988
Woodblock print

A Nebula (No. 3)
1987
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

A Winter Day
1988, unlimited
Woodblock print

Actor Bandō Tamasaburō V as Ochika
July 1987
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō XII as Umeōmaru
March 1988
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Actor Ichikawa Danshirō IV as the Ferryman Tonbei
January 1988
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Actor Nakamura Kichiemon ll as Benkei
February 1988
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

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
March 1989
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Actor Onoe Shōroku II as Kudō Suketsune
January 1989
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Adam and Eve
1980
Hand-colored stencil print; edition 12/100

After Autumn
1988
Woodblock print

After Hiroshi (For H. Ed. Robison)
1989
Color woodblock print

After the Rain
1986
Color woodcut

An Ode
1988
Woodblock print

Argen's Locks
Woodcut

Arroyo
Woodcut

Autumn - 秋
1980
Woodblock print

Autumn Clouds at Jūrigi
1986
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Autumn Wind in the Foothills
1981–86
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Ball of Green Yarn
1981
Mezzotint
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)
1983
Woodblock print
Battle of Fujigawa
Silkscreen

Below the Duck Pond
1982
Color woodblock print

Benkei
1980
Woodblock print

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)
1987
Spit bite aquatint with aquatint, soft ground etching and drypoint

Bird on Flower
1985
Aquatint etching

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)
1989-99
Blue Sphere V-E
Silkscreen

Boats of Hong Kong
1987
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Bottle with Lemon and Quarter Lemon
1983
Mezzotint

Bottle with Yellow Lemons in Darkness
1983–89
Color mezzotint

Bridge
c. 1980
Etching, ink and color on paper

Burning Meadows at Asagiri
1981–86
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Burning Meadows at Asagiri
1981

Buttercups
1983
Woodblock print; watercolor on French paper

Butterfly Dance - Summer
1984
Zinc plate and woodblock print

Butterfly Dance - Winter
1985
Zinc plate and woodblock print

Carrot and Two Garlic
Etching

Castle Tower above a Lake
1989
Color stencil print

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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