Artists Artworks Movements

Heisei Era

平成時代

1989–2019

About the Heisei Era

The Heisei era saw Japanese woodblock printmaking evolve from a living tradition into a globally collected art form. While few new shin-hanga were produced, the collector market for vintage prints expanded dramatically, with auction houses worldwide featuring Japanese prints as a major category. Contemporary artists continued the moku-hanga tradition while incorporating digital tools for design. Museums mounted major retrospectives, and scholarly attention deepened understanding of printmaking's history and techniques.

Movements (1)

Artistic movements active during the Heisei Era

Contemporary Mokuhanga

現代木版画

c. 1970–present

Artists (104)

Artists active during the Heisei Era

Ito Sozan, Japanese print artist

Ito Sozan

伊藤宗山

1884

Kato Shinmei, Japanese print artist

Kato Shinmei

加藤晋明

1887

Hiratsuka Un'ichi, Japanese print artist

Hiratsuka Un'ichi

平塚運一

1895–1997

Shiro Kasamatsu, Japanese print artist

Shiro Kasamatsu

笠松紫浪

1898–1991

Yoshitoshi Mori, Japanese print artist

Yoshitoshi Mori

森義利

1898–1992

Okiie Hashimoto, Japanese print artist

Okiie Hashimoto

橋本興家

1899–1993

Takeji Asano, Japanese print artist

Takeji Asano

浅野竹二

1900–1999

Tomikichiro Tokuriki, Japanese print artist

Tomikichiro Tokuriki

徳力富吉郎

1902–1999

Umetaro Azechi, Japanese print artist

Umetaro Azechi

畦地梅太郎

1902–1999

Kihei Sasajima, Japanese print artist

Kihei Sasajima

笹島喜平

1906–1993

Saito Kiyoshi, Japanese print artist

Saito Kiyoshi

斎藤清

1907–1997

Takumi Shinagawa, Japanese print artist

Takumi Shinagawa

品川工

1908–2009

Tsukioka Gyokusei, Japanese print artist

Tsukioka Gyokusei

月岡玉成

1908–1994

Yozo Hamaguchi, Japanese print artist

Yozo Hamaguchi

浜口陽三

1909–2000

Tadashige Ono, Japanese print artist

Tadashige Ono

小野忠重

1909–1990

Keiko Minami, Japanese print artist

Keiko Minami

南桂子

1911–2004

Toshi Yoshida, Japanese print artist

Toshi Yoshida

吉田遠志

1911–1995

Nakao Yoshitaka, Japanese print artist

Nakao Yoshitaka

中尾義隆

1911–1994

Nishiyama Hideo, Japanese print artist

Nishiyama Hideo

西山英雄

1911–1989

Toko Shinoda, Japanese print artist

Toko Shinoda

篠田桃紅

1913–2021

Sadao Watanabe, Japanese print artist

Sadao Watanabe

渡辺禎雄

1913–1996

Hideo Hagiwara, Japanese print artist

Hideo Hagiwara

萩原英雄

1913–2007

Takahashi Rikio, Japanese print artist

Takahashi Rikio

高橋力雄

1917–1998

Fumio Kitaoka, Japanese print artist

Fumio Kitaoka

北岡文雄

1918–2007

Kumi Sugai, Japanese print artist

Kumi Sugai

菅井汲

1919–1996

Toru Mabuchi, Japanese print artist

Toru Mabuchi

馬渕徹

1920–1994

Ansei Uchima, Japanese print artist

Ansei Uchima

内間安瑆

1921–2000

Kinoshita Tomio, Japanese print artist

Kinoshita Tomio

木下富雄

1923–2014

Maki Haku, Japanese print artist

Maki Haku

巻白

1924–2000

Chizuko Yoshida, Japanese print artist

Chizuko Yoshida

吉田千鶴子

1924–2017

Fukita Fumiaki, Japanese print artist

Fukita Fumiaki

吹田文明

1926

Hodaka Yoshida

吉田穂高

1926–1995

Ouchi Makoto, Japanese print artist

Ouchi Makoto

大内マコト

1926–1989

Amano Kazumi, Japanese print artist

Amano Kazumi

天野和美

1927–2001

Reika Iwami, Japanese print artist

Reika Iwami

岩見禮花

1927–2020

Clifton Karhu, Japanese print artist

Clifton Karhu

1927–2007

Kawada Kan, Japanese print artist

Kawada Kan

川田幹

1927–1999

Tadashi Nakayama, Japanese print artist

Tadashi Nakayama

中山正

1927–2014

Amano Kunihiro, Japanese print artist

Amano Kunihiro

天野邦弘

1929–2020

Kobashi Yasuhide, Japanese print artist

Kobashi Yasuhide

小橋泰秀

1931–2003

Saito Kaoru, Japanese print artist

Saito Kaoru

斎藤薫

1931–2021

Ay-O, Japanese print artist

Ay-O

靉嘔

1931

Tanaka Ryohei, Japanese print artist

Tanaka Ryohei

田中良平

1933–2019

Fumio Fujita, Japanese print artist

Fumio Fujita

藤田不美夫

1933–2020

Mitsuaki Sora, Japanese print artist

Mitsuaki Sora

空充秋

1934

Kazuyuki Ohtsu, Japanese print artist

Kazuyuki Ohtsu

大津一幸

1935

Kato Teruhide, Japanese print artist

Kato Teruhide

加藤晃秀

1936

Koichi Maeda, Japanese print artist

Koichi Maeda

前田光一

1936

Kusaka Kenji, Japanese print artist

Kusaka Kenji

日下健二

1936

Nakabayashi Tadayoshi

中林忠良

1937

Naoko Matsubara, Japanese print artist

Naoko Matsubara

松原直子

1937

Akira Kurosaki, Japanese print artist

Akira Kurosaki

黒崎彰

1937–2019

Sugiura Kazutoshi, Japanese print artist

Sugiura Kazutoshi

杉浦和俊

1938

Yoshisuke Funasaka, Japanese print artist

Yoshisuke Funasaka

舩坂芳助

1939

Tetsuya Noda, Japanese print artist

Tetsuya Noda

野田哲也

1940

Tatsuo Kawashima, Japanese print artist

Tatsuo Kawashima

川島達雄

1940

Mayumi Oda, Japanese print artist

Mayumi Oda

小田真由美

1941

Tadashige Nishida, Japanese print artist

Tadashige Nishida

西田忠重

1942

Yasu Shibata

柴田泰

1943

Shigeru Takeda

武田茂

1945

Ido Masao, Japanese print artist

Ido Masao

井堂雅夫

1945–2016

David Stones

1945

Katsuyuki Nishijima, Japanese print artist

Katsuyuki Nishijima

西島勝之

1945

Tsuruya Kokei, Japanese print artist

Tsuruya Kokei

弦屋光溪

1946

Osamu Sugiyama, Japanese print artist

Osamu Sugiyama

杉山修

1946

Daniel Kelly, Japanese print artist

Daniel Kelly

1947–2024

Hiroki Morinoue, Japanese print artist

Hiroki Morinoue

森之上博紀

1947

Hajime Namiki, Japanese print artist

Hajime Namiki

並木一

1947

Akira Akiyama

秋山明

1947

Shoichi Kitamura

北村昭一

1947

Taniguchi Shigeru, Japanese print artist

Taniguchi Shigeru

谷口茂

1948

Kawachi Seiko, Japanese print artist

Kawachi Seiko

河内清光

1948

Micah Schwaberow, Japanese print artist

Micah Schwaberow

1948

Ray Morimura

森村玲

1948

Ryusei Okamoto, Japanese print artist

Ryusei Okamoto

岡本隆生

1949

Shibata Toshio, Japanese print artist

Shibata Toshio

柴田敏夫

1949

Katsunori Hamanishi, Japanese print artist

Katsunori Hamanishi

浜西勝則

1949

Kunio Kaneko, Japanese print artist

Kunio Kaneko

金子國義

1949

Motoi Oi

大井基

1950

Noriko Saito

斉藤典子

1950

David Bull

1951

Karen Kunc, Japanese print artist

Karen Kunc

1952

Richard Steiner, Japanese print artist

Richard Steiner

1952

Annamarie Skibsted

1952

Maruyama Hiroshi, Japanese print artist

Maruyama Hiroshi

1953

Hidehiko Goto, Japanese print artist

Hidehiko Goto

後藤秀彦

1953

April Vollmer, Japanese print artist

April Vollmer

1953

Tuula Moilanen

1953

Joshua Rome, Japanese print artist

Joshua Rome

1953

Takuji Hamanaka

浜中拓司

1954

Yuji Hiratsuka, Japanese print artist

Yuji Hiratsuka

平塚雄二

1954

Nana Shiomi, Japanese print artist

Nana Shiomi

塩見奈々

1956

Sarah Brayer, Japanese print artist

Sarah Brayer

1957

Kenji Takenaka, Japanese print artist

Kenji Takenaka

竹中健司

1957

Ayomi Yoshida, Japanese print artist

Ayomi Yoshida

吉田亜世美

1958

Ralph Kiggell

1960

Matt Brown

1960

An Bin, Japanese print artist

An Bin

安斌

1962

Tom Kristensen

1962

Paul Binnie, Japanese print artist

Paul Binnie

1967

Natalia Moroz

1970

Katie Baldwin

1972

Yuasa Katsutoshi, Japanese print artist

Yuasa Katsutoshi

湯浅克俊

1978

Lucy May Schofield

1982

Notable Works

Works created during the Heisei Era

Sunset in Tokyo (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ) by Hideo Hagiwara

Sunset in Tokyo (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ)

1989-99

Woodblock print

Touches 2W- C.V.B. by Ayomi Yoshida

Touches 2W- C.V.B.

1989

Color woodblock print

Touches W15-M.C.C. by Ayomi Yoshida

Touches W15-M.C.C.

1989

Color woodblock print

Black night-Ginza (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ) by Yoshisuke Funasaka

Black night-Ginza (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ)

1989-99

Ginza Fantasy (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ) by Reika Iwami

Ginza Fantasy (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ)

1989-99

Diary: Nov. 24th '98, in Ueno Park (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ) by Tetsuya Noda

Diary: Nov. 24th '98, in Ueno Park (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ)

1989-99

Paper Museum, Oji (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ) by Akira Kurosaki

Paper Museum, Oji (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ)

1989-99

Seconhand bookstores St. KANDA (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ) by Tanaka Ryohei

Seconhand bookstores St. KANDA (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ)

1995

Swing by Katsunori Hamanishi

Swing

1989

Mezzotint

Division—Work #12 by Katsunori Hamanishi

Division—Work #12

1989

Mezzotint

Three Subjects of The Meiji Shrine (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ) by Katsunori Hamanishi

Three Subjects of The Meiji Shrine (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ)

1989-99

Onoe Kikugoro as Yosaburo from the Genjimise by Tsuruya Kokei

Onoe Kikugoro as Yosaburo from the Genjimise

July 1989

Woodblock print

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