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
Tombstone (Ishibumi)
20th century
Color woodblock print
Kotozuka Eiichi (KOTOZUKA EIICHI)
1935
Woodblock print
Shoto
Intaglio printed in color on Arches wove paper
Elle et lui
Etching
Echoes IV
Etching with metal leaf
Ratio XX
Etching with metal leaf
Dream
Etching with metal leaf
Ratio XVIII
Etching with metal leaf
Yatsuhashi X
Etching with metal leaf
Ancient Shadow V
Etching with metal leaf
Left Hand
Etching with metal leaf
Tattoo VII
Etching
Ancient Shadow VII
Etching with gold leaf
Ratio XIII
Etching with metal leaf
Tattoo VIII
Etching
Yatsuhashi XII
Etching with metal leaf
Aube Douce
Etching
Aube sur le bois
Etching
Ayumi
Color etching printed on BFK Rives wove paper
Dialogue
Etching
Espoir I
Etching
Paleur lunaire
Etching
Sentier de Printemps
Etching
Poem 69-64
Woodblock print
Poem B
Woodblock print
Poem-Z
Woodblock print
Poem 70-26
Woodblock print
Poem
Woodblock print
Calligraphy and Painting Party
1881
Ink and color on paper
Japanese Modernist Sculptor Abstract Terra Cotta Relief Calligraphy Painting
Terracotta, Masonite, Paint, Mixed Media
Sumi Bleed
Mokuhanga
The Bird Girls (installation view)
2016-2017
Sumi-ink portrait series on paper (74 sheets)
The Flying: Sho (The Flying: Development)
Woodblock print
Shodo (Calligraphy) (1)
Woodblock print
Go Go Koinobori (Sho)
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Cats and Calligraphy (White)
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Cats and Calligraphy
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Shodo Island
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
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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.