The influences flowed both ways. In Japan, the mass-produced woodblocks that excited Van Gogh and Whistler yielded to sosaku hanga, inspired by Western ideas of self-expression.
Edo period woodblocks were drawn, engraved, and printed separately by multiple artists. In contrast, sosaku hanga prints are the responsibility of the individual artist.
Shinagawa Takumi renounced preliminary drawings, stating, 'I feel that my hand and my mind are working together in an act of creation,' highlighting the creative process of sosaku hanga.
The Ichimokukai, a group of printmakers led by Onchi Kōshirō, played a crucial role in developing the new sosaku hanga style post-World War II, encouraged by American patronage.
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