Japanian of Shin hanga paintings

Recent years, there has been significant growth in the appreciation of shin hanga internationally reflects in ever- increasing prices on the market. Original paintings in the west by designers of shin hanga are not as commonly exhibited. European and american artists had a tremendous admiration of ukiyo-e. During the Meiji, Taisho and early showa periods, japan experienced tremendous changes and moderization and the world of japanese printmaking was not an exception. By the mid 1910's and into the 1920's, watenabe actively sought out of new artists with whom he could work, recriting from both traditional japanese painting and western style painting. His aim and intention was to produce a new type of art, western influenced but utilizing japanese printing technologies and subjects so this new genre came to be known as 'shin hanga'.