Etching Prints (79)
Etching technique in Japanese printmaking, where designs are incised into a metal plate using acid. Artists like Tanaka Ryohei adopted this Western technique to create atmospheric landscapes with fine linear detail and tonal subtlety distinct from woodblock printing.
Artists Known for Etching

Bookplate (Art Deco)
mid–20th century
Etching

Working in May
1980
Etching

Kobe No. 2
1971
Etching and aquatint, ink and color on paper

House with the White Wall No. 1
1981
Etching

Gansen-ji
1980
Etching

Offering Time
2001
Color woodcut with letterpress, aquatint in blue, and watercolor on cream Japanese paper, folded and housed in sharkskin paper covered folio box

Sharaku
1968
Intaglio

Dice (Utamaro)
1970
Color intaglio

Wind God, Thunder God (Fujin, raijin)
1971
Color intaglio

Okame
1973
Intaglio

Sun
1973
Color intaglio

Flower (Hana)
1977
Color intaglio

Java
c. 1933
Etching

Shibuki
2003
Aquatint, ink and color on paper

City Gate
1967
Etching with aquatint, ink and color on paper

Doll
c. 1970
Etching, ink on paper

Flowers
1970
Etching and aquatint, ink on paper

Roadway in Shade No. 2
2007
Etching, ink on paper

Bridge
c. 1980
Etching, ink and color on paper

Fire Bird
1980
Etching, ink and color on paper

Man in an outrigger canoe 45/75
1923-27
Etching

Descending Geese at Katada (Katada no rakugan), from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style (Doban Omi hakkei)
1804/16
Color woodblock print; horizontal koban

Snow at Dusk at Hira (Hira no bosetsu), from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style (Doban Omi hakkei)
1804/16
Color woodblock print; horizontal koban

Morning Glory Sigh
1994
Color intaglio and chine collé; edition 5/30

Cerisier (Cherry tree)
1959–62
Etching with aquatint, ink and color on paper

Forêt et château (Forest and castle)
1978
Etching with aquatint, ink and color on paper

La petite bergère (Young shepherdess)
1957
Etching with aquatint, ink and color on paper

Mouton devant un village (Sheep in front of a village)
1960s
Etching with aquatint, ink and color on paper

Poissons et feuilles mortes (Fish and dead leaves)
1960
Etching with aquatint, ink and color on paper

An alley
1970
Etching and aquatint, ink on paper

Bamboo sprout
1969
Etching and aquatint, ink on paper

Big Tree No. 1
1981
Etching

Chrysanthemum
1969
Etching and aquatint, ink on paper

Country Road No.3
1981
Etching

Dry fish
1967
Soft-ground etching and aquatint, ink on paper

Grasses on the Roof
1981
Etching

Hatagoh, Early Winter
1980
Etching

Horikawa
1966
Etching and aquatint, ink on paper

House (Ikkenya)
1972
Etching on paper; edition 54/100

House in a grove
1966
Etching and aquatint, ink on paper

House in Yase
1981
Etching

House with a Shoji Door No. 1
1980
Etching

Kanshuji Temple
1976
Etching

Late autumn
1966
Etching, ink on paper

Morning Dew
1981
Etching

Mt. Ibuki
1980
Etching

My old home
1969
Etching and aquatint, ink on paper

Onion flowers
1966
Etching, ink on paper

Pansy
1969
Etching and aquatint, ink and color on paper

Rice Harvesting Scene
1980
Etching

Roses
1968
Etching and aquatint, ink and color on paper

Ruined house No. 2
1966
Etching and aquatint, ink on paper

Sekigahara in Snow (Yuki no Sekigahara)
1976
Etching

Small Thatched Roof
1980
Etching

Snow is Coming No. 2
1980
Etching

Stones
1968
Etching and aquatint, ink on paper

Summer Village
1980
Etching

Temple bell tower (Daitokuji)
1964
Etching and aquatint, ink on paper

Thatched Roof Composition
1981
Etching

Thatched roof No. 10
1970
Etching and aquatint, ink on paper



