Fine Prints: Japanese, pre-1915

Thank you for sharing this. These are just stunners. Every last one.

For those unaware, Japanese has a word, komorebi, which means "sunlight leaking through trees". https://www.morethantokyo.com/komorebi-japanese-word/

Yes Shin Hanga is the good stuff.

I have grown to quite dislike ukiyo-e. It is essentially 17th century Japanese Instagram, in the worst possible sense, and began something closer to OnlyFans. It is incredible what it morphed into.

For reference, the classic book “Images of the Floating World” contains some of the most hilariously pornographic images of any serious art book.

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Also check Dave Bull's channel, he has been living in japan and learning woodblock printing for a long time, both as a carver and as a printer. He has a shop/workshop in Asakusa if you want to go there next time you are in Tokyo. They have both modern and old prints.

https://www.youtube.com/@seseragistudio https://mokuhankan.com/