Etching Prints (337)
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
Village with lighthouse
1970
Etching and aquatint, ink on paper
Wall No.3 (Kabe No. 3)
1976
Etching on paper; edition 6/100
White Wall Reflection
1980
Etching
Winter Orchard No. 1 (Fuyu no Kaki) (artist's proof)
1967
Etching
Winter Tree
1967
Etching, ink on paper
Yamashiro, Kizu
1978
Etching
Yamato Alley
1979
Etching
Yamato farm house
1965
Etching and aquatint, ink on paper
Comb (Kushi)
1980
Mezzotint and aquatint
Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style (Doban Omi hakkei) and cover sheet
1804/16
Color woodblock print; horizontal koban
Night Rain at Karasaki (Karasaki no yoru no ame), from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style (Doban Omi hakkei)
1804/16
Color woodblock print; horizontal koban
Cool Breeze (Sofu)
1993
Photoetching and color woodblock print
Ice Floe, Utoro (Utoro ryūhyō)
1995
Photoetching and color woodblock print; artist’s proof
Moegi-iro no (Light Green)
もえぎ色の
Mezzotint
Yasou (Nocturne)
夜想
Mezzotint
Behind the Screen
Mezzotint
Sleeping Beauty - Moegi-iro
もえぎ色
Mezzotint
Juliet
Mezzotint
Anemones
Mezzotint
Wine Jug
Mezzotint
Loquat
Mezzotint
Space-time 37
Etching and aquatint
Chabana
Etching
Edo II
Etching
Tanabota
Etching
Chawan
Etching
Tokyo Tower
Etching, aquatint, drypoint, and roulette
Rose Blue V
Aquatint etching
Shoto
Intaglio printed in color on Arches wove paper
Elle et lui
Etching
Tale 2
Etching
Homage
Etching
Dawn
Etching
Edo
Etching
Moonlight
Etching
Nara Sansai
Etching
Angel's Shoe
Drypoint and 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
A Secret Place
Etching
Conspiracy with Morpheus - 3
Etching
Abyss of Awakening - 5
Etching
Conspiracy with Morpheus - 2
Etching
Distant Longing - 5
Etching
Talking to Myself
Etching
View from There - 3
Etching
Word That Has Been Forgotten
Etching
Aube Douce
Etching
Aube sur le bois
Etching
Ayumi
Color etching printed on BFK Rives wove paper
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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.
Tanaka Ryohei, Keiko Minami, and Shinichi Nakazawa are among the artists most associated with etching in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 337 prints tagged with etching, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.