Propaganda Print from the Russo-Japanese War - par Kobayashi Kiyochika

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Diagonal rain slashes across the sky, dissolving the bridge into a blur of gray and blue. Figures clutch umbrellas, their hurried strides mirrored in the choppy Sumida River below—does the storm unite or isolate them?

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https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.318

Diagonal streaks of gray ink dissolve travelers into the storm, their straw hats and bundled loads blurred by wind-driven rain. Hiroshige layers three grays to push the bamboo thicket into misty depth—how many shades can you trace before the horizon vanishes?

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https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.306

Woman speaking to young girl, fountain in background - par Chokosai Eisho

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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.

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

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