Hanga, or Japanese Woodblock Prints
In Japanese, woodblock prints are called hanga; han means ‘a printing block’, and ga is ‘picture’. The colorful and varied tradition of Japanese woodblock printmaking includes 17th to 19th century ‘ukiyo-e’ (the celebrated “Pictures of the Floating World”), 20th century ‘Shin hanga’ (“New Prints”) and ‘Sa ‘ saku hanga’ (“Creative Prints”) works, and Modern/Contemporary prints.
Ukiyo-e were pictures of exciting people and scenes from the entertainment districts of old [...] Click here to continue reading.