sosaku hanga

noun

An early-20th-century Japanese art movement of woodblock printing.

OriginJapanese 創作版画 →
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounsosaku hanga (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn early-20th-century Japanese art movement of woodblock printing.

Origin

  1. Japanese創作版画
  2. Englishsosaku hanga

Borrowed from Japanese 創作版画.

More words from Japanese

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

sosaku hanga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sosaku%20hanga

MLA

“sosaku hanga.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sosaku%20hanga. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sosaku hanga,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sosaku%20hanga.

Source: sosaku hanga on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.