Calligraphy Prints (158)
Calligraphic elements and text-based compositions in Japanese woodblock prints. Some artists, particularly in the sosaku-hanga movement, incorporated calligraphy as a primary visual element, merging the arts of writing and printmaking.
Artists Known for Calligraphy
Poem - 7, Shôwa period,
Woodblock print
Momo chidori kyōka awase (Myriad Birds: A Kyōka Competition)
c. 1790
Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper
Poem 68-55, Shôwa period, 1968
Woodblock print

Calligraphy
1955
Color woodblock print

Hebi tsukai / Snake Charmers, signed in pencil and in brush,
1932
Woodblock print

Ikenohata, titled in Japanese and in English, signed in pencil and in brush, with
1937
Woodblock print

Toshogu Shrine, signed in pencil in Roman, and in Brush in Japanese,
1937
Woodblock print

Writing a Note
c. 1890s
Woodblock print

Cat and Calligraphy B6
Woodblock print

Cat and Calligraphy B6
Woodblock print

Ancient Writing
Woodblock print

Ancient Writing C 100-2
Woodblock print

Hako-O Maru (Soga Goro as a Boy) near Waterfall, Writing Bonji Characters on a Rock, While Holding up an Statue of the God Fudo with one Hand.
Woodblock print

Bijin writing a poem V2
Not set
Woodblock print
Woman Holding a Lip Brush
1920 (Taishō 9), 9th month
Modern Japanese woodblock print; ink, color, mica and gold on paper

Mitate No.79 - Brush (Fude)
2007

Woman with rouge brush
1920
Woodblock print

Bijin writing a poem V1
Not set
Woodblock print

Brush Sketch of Bridge
Woodblock print

Mariko in Suruga Province: Comic Antics at the Inn (Shukuba no kyôgi), from the series Calligraphy and Pictures for the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Shoga gojûsan eki)
Woodblock print

Murasaki Shikibu Writing on a Veranda Overlooking a Lake
Woodblock print

Woman Writing
1753–1806
color woodblock print

Ehon kyoka yama mata yama (Picture book of Kyoka: Mountains upon Mountains)
Woodblock print

Yoshida-hiroshi
1933
Woodblock print

Courtly event modeled on the Lanting Gathering
c. 1801/07
Color woodblock print; ebangire, surimono

Shuga hyakunin isshu 秀雅百人一首
Woodblock print

Chinese Verses on Itako (Itako zekku shu)
Woodblock print

Naido (Motomu), Shôwa period, dated 1963
Woodblock print

Word
20th century
Woodblock print, color on paper

Description (part 2)
July 1957
Woodblock print, ink on paper

Explanation (Toku), Shôwa period, dated 1969
Woodblock print

Love Letter
Woodblock print

Drawing
素描
2024
Screen printing on Somerset paper

POEM 71-64
Woodblock print

Work 76 - 25
Woodblock print

Poem 72-81
Woodblock print

Poem 71-43
Woodblock print

Work 75-24
1975
Color woodblock print; edition 132/204

Poem 92-18
Woodblock print

Sekino, Junichiro
Woodblock print

print / album
Woodblock print

Kyōsai's Idle Drawings
1881
Woodblock printed book, ink and color on paper

Genealogy of the Japanese Emperor
Woodblock print

Imperial Lineage
Woodblock print

Contents
Woodblock print

Kyosai gafu 狂斎画譜
Woodblock print

Kyōsai gadan
1887
Woodblock printed book, ink on paper

Untitled (toko-shinoda)
c. 1940–2020
Woodblock print

Table of Contents
October 1888
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Gyōsai's Discourses on Painting (Gyōsai gadan), vol. 1
1887 (Meiji 20)
Woodblock-printed book; ink and on paper
Title Sheet for the series Eimei nijūhachi-shūku
Meiji period, 1867
Unmatted ukiyo-e woodblock print in ōban format; ink and colors on paper

Sheet of letter paper
Woodblock print

Mitate No.77 - Scroll (Jiku)
2006

Heap - 14
c.1960
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Moonsong-1
Woodblock print

Heap - 100
1960
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Incres-2
Woodblock print

Hantou-74
Woodblock print

Emanation-7
20th century
Color woodblock print; edition 15/30

Ren - 2
1960s
Woodblock print, ink on paper
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Frequently Asked Questions
Calligraphic elements and text-based compositions in Japanese woodblock prints. Some artists, particularly in the sosaku-hanga movement, incorporated calligraphy as a primary visual element, merging the arts of writing and printmaking.
Maki Haku, Shinichi Nakazawa, and Shoichi Hasegawa are among the artists most associated with calligraphy in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 158 prints tagged with calligraphy, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.





