Knowra Shin-hanga Shin-hanga Shin-hanga was an early 20th-century Japanese printmaking movement that revived ukiyo-e’s collaborative woodblock methods while portraying modern life, landscapes, and changing sensibilities.
Ukiyo-e : A Japanese art tradition known especially for paintings and woodblock prints depicting urban life, actors, landscapes, and other subjects. Shin-hanga renewed ukiyo-e’s subjects and woodblock craft for a modern market.
Watanabe Shōzaburō : A Japanese publisher who founded the Watanabe print shop and became the leading promoter of shin-hanga. He organized the artist-carver-printer system and marketed its prints abroad.
Shin-hanga landscape prints : Japanese woodblock prints depicting landscapes, city views, temples, and changing seasons in the shin-hanga style. Landscape was the movement’s most internationally successful subject.
Sōsaku-hanga : A Japanese print movement emphasizing artist-made prints, in which artists handled design, carving, and printing themselves. Its self-carving ideal directly opposed shin-hanga’s specialized workshop collaboration.
Japanese woodblock printing : A printmaking process in which carved wooden blocks transfer ink onto paper, often through multiple colors and impressions. Shin-hanga depended on this older craft’s precision and division of labor.
Kawase Hasui : A Japanese printmaker known for atmospheric landscapes and views of towns and temples. His landscapes became defining examples of shin-hanga’s modern mood.
Bijin-ga : A genre of Japanese art depicting beautiful women, especially in ukiyo-e prints and paintings. Shin-hanga artists updated this established genre with contemporary fashions and settings.
Mokuhanga : The Japanese art of woodblock printing, using water-based pigments and hand pressure to make prints. Shin-hanga is one modern movement within this broader medium.
Hanga : The Japanese word for print, also used for printmaking and the print medium in Japanese art. Shin-hanga belongs to the broader history of Japanese printmaking.
Itō Shinsui : A Japanese painter and printmaker known for refined portraits of women and bijin-ga prints. His portraits show how shin-hanga renewed the bijin-ga tradition.
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