Shin-hanga: Japan’s ‘New Print’ MovementShin-hanga: Ko ngā ‘Mātātuhi Hou’ o Nihona
In about 1915, Tokyo publisher Shōzaburō Watanabe coined the name of a new art movement: shin-hanga 新版画, ‘new prints’.
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I te takiwā o te tau 1915, nā tētahi kaitā pukapuka nō Tokyo, nā Shōzaburō Watanabe, tētahi tikanga toi hou i tapa: ko te shin-hanga 新版画 te ingoa, arā, ko ‘ngā mātātuhi hou’.
26 Jul – 14 Oct 2019
Toi Art, Level 5
Free entry
All ages
10 minutes
Watanabe realised that the golden-age (mid 1700s–1800s) tradition of ukiyo-e printmaking needed to be adapted to modern life – or abandoned. Japanese graphic artists responded to the challenge, radically transforming pigments, paper, light, lines, and space. But subjects, such as kabuki actors and famous landmarks, changed more subtly.
The wider world was enchanted. We hope you too enjoy our recently acquired shin-hanga.
Exhibition highlights
Taonga whakaatu
Cockatoo and pomegranate.
Sochu Maekawa no ame: Rain at Maekawa, Sochu.
Morita Kanya as Kitsune Tadanobu in 'Yoshisune senbon-zakura'
Asakusa Sensōji daichochin - The Great Lantern of the Sensō Temple, Asakusa
Yuki no nihonbashi (Nihonbashi under snow)
Junks in Inatori Bay, Izu
Hayase
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