Etching Prints (334)
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
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Aquatint etching
Arabesque
2015
Etching and chine colle
Changing Seasons
2017
Etching and chine colle
Treasuring Autumn
2017
Etching/woodblock
Treasuring The Moon
2020
Etching/woodblock
Let's Swing
2013
Chine-collé,Aquatint
Let's Swing
2013
Chine-collé,Aquatint
MoonShine Starshine
2020
Intaglio printed on handmade mulberry paper
M's Room
2016
Etching / chine collé
Time Changer
2016
Intaglio
Tulips
2016
Chine Collé with etching
Wheedle Noodle
2021
Intaglio/chine colle
Ghost Mushikui
2017
Etching, monotype on mulberry handmade paper
Indigo No. 6
2010
Collage of etching on old book pages from Japan
Kozo V
2016
Kozo bark fiber with indigo and persimmon and etching ink
Sample Book III
2015
Etching, indigo dye, persimmon dye on handmade paper (abaca, cotton, kozo) and old bookpages
Sample Book IV
2016
Etching, aquatint, indigo pigment on worm eaten book pages from Japan and handmade paper (abaca, gampi, kozo), paper thread and shifu
Waterscape
2011
Handmade paper, natural Abaca and black denim pulp, indigo aquatint on late Edo period Japanese bookpage embedded
Dolphin Rider
2024
2024 Unique, Drypoint and relief print on Japanese paper H43 x W36 cm (framed dimensions)
Jazz
2020
Drypoint
Blue Chair
1966
Dry point, Roulette, Engraving
Bloom
Wood engraving and handset letterpress text
Eternity
Wood engraving & handset letterpress text
Every Day He'd Come
Wood engraving & handset letterpress text
Float
Wood engraving and letterpress text
Small Things
Wood engraving & handset letterpress text
The Great Discovery
Wood engraving
The Strength To Carry On
Wood engraving and handset letterpress text
Changes Green
2023
Engraving on Hahnemühle paper 350 gr
Les Sirenes
2025
2025 Unique, Drypoint and relief print on Japanese paper H43 x W36 cm (framed dimensions)
Mermaid and Stingray
2025
2025 Unique, Drypoint and relief print on Japanese paper H43 x W36 cm (framed dimensions)
Trois Sirenes
2025
2025 Unique, Drypoint and relief print on Japanese paper H43 x W36 cm (framed dimensions)
Wonderful Visitor
1964
Drypoint in colors on paper
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
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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 334 prints tagged with etching, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.