2006-12-23 Japanese Woodprints

I don’t know how I ended up on David Bull’s Woodblock Printing page. I was researching Japanese castles for my RPG, I guess. I came upon some wonderful drawings of castles, and while recycling some new terms in both text and image searches, I ended up on David Bull’s Encyclopedia of Woodblock Printmaking, started to look at some of his favorite prints. Be sure to read how you can “subscribe” to his production if you are interested in purchasing prints. Or just start browsing the Mokuhankan Catalogue, looking at the prints, reading the comments that go along with them... I then decided to send the artist an email, telling him how much I appreciated the site, and got back a reply pointing me to his Surimono Albums Download Page – where you can download 150 dpi images of his prints and PDF files with the accompanying texts. And all of this under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license! He is so obviously getting it – how to reach out to people on the Net, how to write about his work, how to practice his craft, how do share it, how to use copyright, how to make money – I wish him all the best! And now forgive me as I spend some more time browsing his websites...

=> Woodblock Printing | RPG | some of his favorite prints | Mokuhankan Catalogue | Surimono Albums Download Page

To be honest, I’m considering becoming a subscriber.

=> becoming a subscriber

What a fortuitous turn of events. It reminds me of my first expedition into Google Space trying to find some information on Tengus (2006-11-29 Finding the Tengu) which led me to Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) – “one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting” according to Wikipedia. And as is wont on Wikipedia, external links luring me on to the Kuniyoshi Project. Here’s an example:

=> Tengu | 2006-11-29 Finding the Tengu | according to Wikipedia | Kuniyoshi Project

=> Warrior Prints, Part I_files/image002.jpg Oki Jirô Hiroari killing a huge tengu

=> Oki Jirô Hiroari killing a huge tengu

And some time later, David Bull sees the reference to Kuniyoshi and asks me whether I know Moira Hahn. I didn’t. But her strong colors and Japan-inspired furries are fascinating. 😄

=> Moira Hahn

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Junko hat heute auch eine interessante Seite gesehen: http://www.wuta-won.com/handmade/gara.html

=> http://www.wuta-won.com/handmade/gara.html

Handgemache T-Shirts aus Japan, auf der Rückseite steht (in der Regel) der Name. Junko kann gerne welche bestellen. Kostet 80 CHF (mit Versand etc.). Einfach Grösse, Beispiel-Shirt (Name des jpg) und Text (in Katakana, Hiragana oder Kanji) an meine Mail-Adresse.

– Chris 2006-12-23 21:21 UTC