Japanese Woodblock Prints 2017 Calendar

Japanese Woodblock Prints 2017 Calendar

The shin hanga (new prints) movementpopular from about 1915 through 1942, although it resumed for a short time in the 1950ssought to recapture the imagery and feel of ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world). The thirty-two woodcuts in this calendar are selections from Ohara Shson (18771945), Kawase Hasui (18831957), and other celebrated Japanese woodblock printmakers of the period.