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Featured Artwork
While we have featured work by Utagawa Hiroshige before, we include this work of his to remember that Ukiyo-e was not a fine art form…
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Sumo in Ukiyo-e
In the wake of the Tokyo Olympics we thought we’d take a look at a very important connection between ukiyo-e and sport, specifically sumo wrestling.…
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The Great Picture Book of Everything
Two hundred years after Hokusai’s death, an unpublished collection of drawings has resurfaced which will be exhibited at the British Museum in September. The works…
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Featured Artwork
Hasui Kawase is a modern Japanese artist of the shin-hanga movement. He was born in Tokyo as the son of a silk braid merchant. He…
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Japan Blue
Adachi Hanga is a Tokyo-based, Japanese print institute that publishes Mokuhanga prints produced in accordance with Ukiyo-e print techniques from the Edo period. They have…
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Featured Artwork
Laura Boswell is a UK based artist working in both linocut and Mokuhanga. Her work references a traditional Japanese aesthetic in its use of white…
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The Unfinished Print Podcast
For many artists outside of Japan, Mokuhanga has been a process of discovery. While the technique is deceptively simple in its essence such that it…
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Kristen McClarty, my mokuhanga journey
Although I’d seen Mokuhanga, I didn’t know her by her name until last year when I met Natasha Norman and her South African Mokuhanga movement.…
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Featured Artwork
Andy is a delightful story teller and Mokuhanga printmaker. His Mokuhanga practice feeds into his illustrations and hand-made artists books. For the full narrative of…
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Ukiyo-e Heroes
Ukiyo-e and video games might not initially seem to have a lot in common. However, there may be more similarities than one thinks. Consider that…