Uploaded January 2016 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
This is the first in what is expected to become an ongoing video series explaining and illustrating the new collaboration between our Mokuhankan printmaking venture and the old Doi Hanga publishing house.
Doi Hanga has been in existence since the 1920s, but the current family members have no specific knowledge or experience of woodblock print publishing. We at Mokuhankan certainly do, and it's time to get together!
In this first episode we get a bit of background to how this has come about. The next episode will be an inspection of a typical block set, and the preparation for printing from it ...
Update: People have been asking about the book I show in the video. This was a private publishing effort a few years ago between our staffer Toshikazu Doi and his partner Ross Walker. They do still have copies of the catalogue available, and for more information please visit Mr. Walker's website:
koitsu.com/index.asp
ISBN is 978-4-9904339-0-1
(The problem with the book is that it is stunningly heavy - 4kg - and thus expensive to ship. I have encouraged them to arrange a 'drop ship' location in the US to reduce this burden for purchasers ...)
This is the first in what is expected to become an ongoing video series explaining and illustrating the new collaboration between our Mokuhankan printmaking venture and the old Doi Hanga publishing house.
Doi Hanga has been in existence since the 1920s, but the current family members have no specific knowledge or experience of woodblock print publishing. We at Mokuhankan certainly do, and it's time to get together!
In this first episode we get a bit of background to how this has come about. The next episode will be an inspection of a typical block set, and the preparation for printing from it ...
Update: People have been asking about the book I show in the video. This was a private publishing effort a few years ago between our staffer Toshikazu Doi and his partner Ross Walker. They do still have copies of the catalogue available, and for more information please visit Mr. Walker's website:
koitsu.com/index.asp
ISBN is 978-4-9904339-0-1
(The problem with the book is that it is stunningly heavy - 4kg - and thus expensive to ship. I have encouraged them to arrange a 'drop ship' location in the US to reduce this burden for purchasers ...)
