I've been teaching myself Japanese woodblock printing - "mokuhanga" - for a bit now, so it might be interesting to post something of my attempts.

My current print is the 'Fuchū' vignette taken from panel 6 of #Hiroshige's 'harimaz-e' series, Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the #Tokaido (with slightly modified border proportions to fit the block size).

Nice and simple 🤨

First step: make a digital copy, separating each colour onto its own layer.

#mokuhanga #woodblockprinting #ukiyoe

Tokyo Nichinichi Shimbun Newspaper, No. 989 - par Ochiai Yoshiiku

#Ukiyoe #ArtJaponais #Estampe

Ohara Koson

Cuervo

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Ama- Fisherwoman - par Wada Sanzo

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Diagonal rain slashes across the scene, dissolving the bridge into a blur of gray and blue. Figures clutch umbrellas, their hurried forms nearly erased by the downpour—yet each stroke of the baren remains deliberate.

How many umbrellas tilt against the storm, their shapes almost lost to the deluge?

#JapaneseWoodblock #Ukiyoe #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.318

Woman After the Bath (Yokugo no onna), Taishô period, dated 1920 - par Hashiguchi Goyo

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