Woodblock art of this time took influence from internal ... Contrasting the older ukiyo-e prints, the shin-hanga movement featured in “Bird and Blossom” displays the stylistic and cultural shifts ...

Tech icon Steve Jobs was fascinated by Japanese culture, and was particularly passionate about shin-hanga woodblock prints. Interviews with former colleagues and friends reveal that his lifelong ...

And according to those who knew and worked with him, this aesthetic sense developed early and was influenced heavily by Japanese art — especially the modern woodblock prints, or shin-hanga ...

Hiroshi Yoshida was a Japanese artist known for his woodblock prints, watercolors, and oil paintings that often depicted landscapes. He was a prominent figure in the shin-hanga movement. Born in 1876 ...

The man was Shiko Munakata (1903-1975), an iconic “hanga” (woodblock print) artist who was born 120 years ago on Sept. 5. Born to a local blacksmith in Aomori Prefecture, Munakata famously ...

Shin Hanga (or “new prints”) developed as a revival of the traditional ukiyo-e style of printmaking from Japan’s Edo period, yet it reflected more modern-day subject matter and techniques ...