Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago
A 'real time' printing video from the Mokuhankan workshop in Asakusa, Tokyo. We see both workshop owner Dave Bull, and staff printer Natsuki Suga, while they each create an edition of the first two prints in the 2022 subscription series - Embrace the Delight.
[The video is being uploaded in two versions: this one with no narration during the workshop scenes, and another (visually identical) version that includes Dave's narration explaining many aspects of what you are seeing during the work.]
No narration (this video):
youtube.com/watch?v=6KZFq5-XNoM
With narration:
youtube.com/watch?v=gkmWsaVeWnM
Links:
mokuhankan.com
twitch.tv/japaneseprintmaking
instagram.com/mokuhankan
patreon.com/mokuhankan
The print series featured in the video:
mokuhankan.com/subscriptions/delight.html
Table of Contents:
0:00 Introduction
5:57 Dave's printing session
34:50 Suga-san's printing session
50:07 The finished print
51:02 Interview with Suga-san
A 'real time' printing video from the Mokuhankan workshop in Asakusa, Tokyo. We see both workshop owner Dave Bull, and staff printer Natsuki Suga, while they each create an edition of the first two prints in the 2022 subscription series - Embrace the Delight.
[The video is being uploaded in two versions: this one with no narration during the workshop scenes, and another (visually identical) version that includes Dave's narration explaining many aspects of what you are seeing during the work.]
No narration (this video):
youtube.com/watch?v=6KZFq5-XNoM
With narration:
youtube.com/watch?v=gkmWsaVeWnM
Links:
mokuhankan.com
twitch.tv/japaneseprintmaking
instagram.com/mokuhankan
patreon.com/mokuhankan
The print series featured in the video:
mokuhankan.com/subscriptions/delight.html
Table of Contents:
0:00 Introduction
5:57 Dave's printing session
34:50 Suga-san's printing session
50:07 The finished print
51:02 Interview with Suga-san





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