Uploaded March 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Here is an update to the Ukiyoe Heroes print series, showing the process of proofing the block set for the Jed Henry design known as 'The Serpent Strikes'. It was shot in the Tokyo workroom of woodblock printer Kenichi Kubota in March of 2018.
Shortly after this trial printing was completed, Kubota-san began work on the initial batch of production prints, which were sent over to Jed a couple of weeks later. The print is now in regular production, and can be found in the catalogue at:
shop.ukiyoeheroes.com/collections/handmade-woodblock-prints/products/the-serpent-strikes-woodblock-print
Here is an update to the Ukiyoe Heroes print series, showing the process of proofing the block set for the Jed Henry design known as 'The Serpent Strikes'. It was shot in the Tokyo workroom of woodblock printer Kenichi Kubota in March of 2018.
Shortly after this trial printing was completed, Kubota-san began work on the initial batch of production prints, which were sent over to Jed a couple of weeks later. The print is now in regular production, and can be found in the catalogue at:
shop.ukiyoeheroes.com/collections/handmade-woodblock-prints/products/the-serpent-strikes-woodblock-print







![Embrace the Delight (with narration)
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 Daves narration explaining many aspects of what you are seeing during the work, and another (visually identical) version that has just the natural background workshop sounds.]
No narration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KZFq5-XNoM
With narration (this video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkmWsaVeWnM
Links:
https://mokuhankan.com
https://www.twitch.tv/japaneseprintmaking
https://www.instagram.com/mokuhankan/
https://www.patreon.com/mokuhankan
The print series featured in the video:
https://mokuhankan.com/subscriptions/delight.html
Table of Contents:
0:00 Introduction
5:57 Daves printing session
34:50 Suga-sans printing session
50:07 The finished print
51:02 Interview with Suga-san Embrace the Delight (with narration)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gkmWsaVeWnM/mqdefault.jpg)

![Its Not Garbage (Remake)
This short video introduces the Gift Prints produced by Tokyo woodblock printmaker Dave Bull, and his Mokuhankan workshop.
Its actually a remake of a similar video produced a number of years ago, updated for the current generation of fans ... [Update: the price mentioned in this years-old video is no longer applicable ... sorry!]
The Gift Prints are available from this page:
https://mokuhankan.com/gift/index.php
Many similar prints can also be obtained through Daves Mokuhankan publishing venture - look in the catalogue there for the items described as HangaClub:
http://mokuhankan.com/catalogue/thumbnails.php?search_key=HangaClub
And, for reference, the company making the software that Doesnt Suck is BareBones; their website is here:
http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/ Its Not Garbage (Remake)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hIL3Xpaoe1o/mqdefault.jpg)
