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Japanese Papermaking in Asakusa!
This is a recorded version of a livestream from Mokuhankan in Asakusa Tokyo, on August 31, 2023.
Dave Bull and Ayano Okamura went to visit a nearby papermaking experience - Watashino - organized by a group of papermakers from Shikoku, who recently opened a shop near Sensoji Temple in Asakusa.
Dave and Ayano-san had a ton of fun making the paper and learning from the instructors, and happily recommend the experience to anyone visiting the area.
People in the video:
Dave Bull, owner of Mokuhankan
Ayano Okamura, staff member at Mokuhankan
Osamu Hamada, from family of papermakers in Kochi
Yasuhiro Nishimori, manager of Watashino
Relevant links:
The Watashino reservation page:
watashino.style/products/papermaking
Their Instagram:
watashino.style
Their Instagram reel featuring Dave and Ayano:
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Their address:
Asakusa 1-32-11 Taito-ku Tokyo 111-0032
Google map link:
maps.app.goo.gl/gLXLt8WcqCyrw59r6
Chapters
00:00:27 Introduction
00:05:19 Material Preparation
00:17:30 Teacher Demonstration
00:34:40 Our turn ...
00:55:18 Pressing ...
01:00:30 Drying ...
01:22:10 Wrap-up ...
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Mokuhankan Japanese Prints - 2023 Update
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This is the year-end update from David Bull's Mokuhankan printmaking workshop in Asakusa Tokyo. We begin with an overview of the subscription prints published over the past year. This is followed by the usual update on finances and staff, and things wrap up with a scattering of other small news items. Mentioned in the video: The Hokusai Reborn series: mokuhankan.com/subscriptions/reborn.html Th...
Hokusai Reborn - Episode 2
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In this video, Tokyo-based woodblock printmaker Dave Bull continues the series discussing the Hokusai Reborn project - in which the Mokuhankan workshop is creating a series of twelve prints based on original Hokusai designs in the British Museum. Part one is here: ua-cam.com/video/RjiR3sKEQtE/v-deo.html References: The Mokuhankan workshop: mokuhankan.com/index.html The description page for this...
Mokuhankan Japanese Prints - 2022 Update
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This is the year-end update from David Bull's Mokuhankan printmaking workshop in Asakusa Tokyo. Of special interest is the announcement of the two new subscription series that will be taking place simultaneously through 2023~2024. - 'Hokusai Reborn', a project in collaboration with the British Museum, to create woodblock prints from Hokusai sketches in their collection. - 'A Kyoto Journey', a s...
2023 Series Announcement - Part 1
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In this video, Tokyo-based woodblock printmaker Dave Bull announces his workshop's new series for 2023. (A note on the audio issue that is bothering many people: I _did_ carefully produce the audio track, recording it separately, then editing it to remove unwanted noise, etc, and properly getting it compressed and normalized. But at the time of exporting the project, I neglected to mute the ori...
Embrace the Delight - the August block set!
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This next video from the Mokuhankan printmaking workshop in Tokyo is all about carving. Dave creates the block set that will be used to make the August prints in this year's subscription series: Embrace the Delight! Bonus content includes a trip to his Ome home/workshop, glimpses of the Ninja who work/play across the street from the Asakusa shop, a (rare) segment on inlaying boxwood into a cher...
Embrace the Delight (no narration)
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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) ver...
Embrace the Delight (with narration)
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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 Dave's narration explaining many aspects of what you are seeing during the wo...
Mokuhankan Japanese Prints - 2021 Update
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This is the year-end update from David Bull's Mokuhankan printmaking workshop in Asakusa Tokyo. Of special interest is the announcement of the new subscription series for 2022 - 'Embrace the Delight', a unique collection of small prints, both reproduction, and original. Mentioned in the video: The 2022 subscription series: mokuhankan.com/subscriptions/delight.html The previous series - Scenes o...
The Great Wave - Part 17
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Seven years after beginning his Great Wave project, Tokyo-based woodblock printmaker Dave Bull brings the latest update ... episode 17. This one deals with an issue upper-most in the mind of many of the fans and collectors - what is the condition of the set of woodblocks? After seven years in production, can more good prints really be made from them? [ We're already getting requests ... I shoul...
Japanese Woodblock Printmaking Workshop - A Printer's Tools and Workspace
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This is the second in our ever-growing series of videos demonstrating various traditional techniques and tools in the Japanese mokuhanga woodblock printmaking style and how we use them today here at Mokuhankan. Today, Natsuki Suga gives us a tour of her printing bench and surrounding workspace. Watch to learn a bit more about each tool she uses in her daily work as a printmaker. We hope you wil...
Woodblock Printing Process ... in 3-D spatial audio
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In this video, Tokyo-based woodblock printmaker Dave Bull shows the entire process of making a batch of prints (8 sheets) from blank paper to finished print - in POV style (from the printer's Point Of View) - with each of the colour impressions happening in an uncut, unedited, uninterrupted flow. The viewers can get a very good feeling for the rhythm of the process, and can see just how the pig...
Trailer: Woodblock Printing Process ... in 3-D spatial audio
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This is a 'trailer' for the video coming in a few days - Tokyo-based woodblock printmaker Dave Bull will show the entire process of making a batch of prints from blank paper to finished sheets, in an uncut, unedited, uninterrupted stream.The viewers will be able to get a very good feeling for the rhythm of the process, and will see just how the pigment/paste balance is controlled etc. etc.As a ...
Japanese Woodblock Printmaking Workshop - Hakobi
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This is the first in a series of videos demonstrating various traditional techniques and tools in the Japanese mokuhanga woodblock printmaking industry and how we use them today here at Mokuhankan. Today's video is about the pigment brushes our printers use, known as 'hakobi' (運び) or 'tokibo' (解き棒). First Suga-san tells us a little bit about what hakobi are for and why she makes her own instead...
Japanese Woodblock Printmaking - An Ukiyo-e Falcon
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This is the next in the series of videos that show our printing process from start to finish. Today we are featuring the third print in our 2021 ‘Scenes from Nature’ subscription series. This image is based on an Isoda Koryusai design of a falcon and is one of the twelve nature prints we selected from his enormous portfolio of work. Carver: Noriko Kawasaki Printer: Natsuki Suga Cinematography: ...
David Bull - The Meaning(s) of Life
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David Bull - The Meaning(s) of Life
David's Choice - Episode #12: The Mokuhankan Collection
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David's Choice - Episode #12: The Mokuhankan Collection
Mokuhankan Japanese Prints - 2020 Update
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Mokuhankan Japanese Prints - 2020 Update
David's Choice - Episode #11 Supplement
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David's Choice - Episode #11 Supplement
David's Choice - Episode #11
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David's Choice - Episode #11
Seditious Beauty - Can art change history?
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Seditious Beauty - Can art change history?
Remembering a Carver - The Sequel
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Remembering a Carver - The Sequel
Japanese Woodblock Printmaking - Tokugawa Tea Bowl
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Japanese Woodblock Printmaking - Tokugawa Tea Bowl
Mokuhankan Japanese Prints - 2019 Update
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Mokuhankan Japanese Prints - 2019 Update
Eight Views of Cats - Update #1
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Eight Views of Cats - Update #1
David's Choice - Episode #10
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David's Choice - Episode #10
Easter Eggs in Japanese Woodblock Prints
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Easter Eggs in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Woodblock Printing Process - A Japan Journey
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Woodblock Printing Process - A Japan Journey
David's Choice - Episode #9
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David's Choice - Episode #9
New Series - Eight Views of Cats
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New Series - Eight Views of Cats

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @TheMoreYouKnowUK
    @TheMoreYouKnowUK 9 годин тому

    "Lightly skating across the junction and plunging deeper only when it is safe to do so" 😂 Yes Dave!

  • @TheMoreYouKnowUK
    @TheMoreYouKnowUK 9 годин тому

    This man is 72 years old... I hope have as much life and joy as this man does at that age. Should a wonderful man.

  • @alcyonecrucis
    @alcyonecrucis 11 годин тому

    Where’s the fisherman’s wife stream ? lol

  • @HolgerGruber
    @HolgerGruber 23 години тому

    I put myself to the very end of the waiting list only a few days ago (i.e. first day of summer 2024). When the time will come up to me, half a decade from now, I would like to obtain one copy printed from Dave's original block set - don't care how worn out the print may look then. And an additional copy from your younger carvers - to encourage their continuous efforts for the future! BTW: Damn the UA-cam algorithm for not suggesting this channel to me nine or ten years earlier!

  • @annissa485
    @annissa485 День тому

    So lovely, thank you for sharing

  • @annissa485
    @annissa485 День тому

    Amazing!!

  • @alcyonecrucis
    @alcyonecrucis День тому

    Wonderful, and love the simplicity of only two colors !

  • @arthurmccutcheon2801
    @arthurmccutcheon2801 7 днів тому

    Beautiful!

  • @jamesdozier1623
    @jamesdozier1623 7 днів тому

    A better analogy would be a TRIcycle rather than a tripod... . Take one wheel from a TRIcycle and it becomes a BIcycle. You're still able to get where u need to be. JS

  • @JavierBonillaC
    @JavierBonillaC 8 днів тому

    The meaning of life took a big hit when Richard dockings route the selfish gene and also, through the discovery of many facts by evolutionary anthropologists and psychologists. Specifically, when it could be deducted with enough certainty that morality is an evolutionary result, We sort of lost faith in the fact that life would have on ulterior meaning. The existentialists, particularly Albert Camus, were pretty much on to it already. I find that perfecting some skill is my Sysiphus Temporary solution to this problem. I am not so sure what the solution would be for large numbers of People.

  • @przemekpanswiata1657
    @przemekpanswiata1657 9 днів тому

    Hello David, Could you tell me how do you call the ''little broom'' and that tool you use for adding nori paste? Thanks

    • @seseragistudio
      @seseragistudio 9 днів тому

      They are called 'hakobi', and information on how to make them is here: woodblock.com/manga/hakobi/index.html

    • @przemekpanswiata1657
      @przemekpanswiata1657 8 днів тому

      @@seseragistudio thanks!

  • @Northcountry1926
    @Northcountry1926 12 днів тому

    3 AM… and I join Dave …

  • @ajcmando
    @ajcmando 13 днів тому

    As an English teacher who is extremely passionate about the mandolin. It’s nice to see someone who made their dreams a reality. A tremendous amount of respect and admiration to you Dave. If you’ll excuse me, I got to go talk to the man in the mirror.

  • @Chrisbilly253
    @Chrisbilly253 15 днів тому

    Stop talking and show something

  • @Chrisbilly253
    @Chrisbilly253 15 днів тому

    This guy talk way too much. He should take a leaf out the late Bob Ross

  • @AP-pk2nm
    @AP-pk2nm 16 днів тому

    You are charming. Refreshing. Honesty, detail, and beautiful work, too!

  • @bizzystudio3945
    @bizzystudio3945 18 днів тому

    Hi Dave! I waited all the way until the end to comment, but I wanted to say what an eye opening journey that was to watch! I was very lucky to have seen a couple Instagram posts about classic artists such as Hasui, Hiroshige, Yoshida, etc., and decided to search Google more thoroughly. I'm so grateful the video listings showed your YT channel (I started yesterday night btw lol) Not only do you have a perfect storytelling voice, but the caring attention to quality detail and research you did on this project was nothing short of mesmerizing! This series reminded me very much of the philosophy behind Kintsugi, that even experiencing failures and setbacks can be mended into something so beautiful. I hope one day I can try this art style out myself, and just know I will sing your praises to anyone asking me how or why I started for as long as I am able to <3 Much love from the states!

  • @animathehallowed1380
    @animathehallowed1380 19 днів тому

    14 generations owning a restaurant that’s still there. WOW!

  • @johncecilia4517
    @johncecilia4517 20 днів тому

    Great channel, very therapeutic

  • @Chrisbilly253
    @Chrisbilly253 21 день тому

    Honestly, the guy was touching her print block and didn’t care 😮

  • @mrbaker234
    @mrbaker234 22 дні тому

    These are my favorite types of videos. They're informative and give you time to look at the prints and appreciate them. Really hoping you are able to make more of these or another David's choice soon.

  • @Cogouartandcraft
    @Cogouartandcraft 23 дні тому

    One of the Best video on youtube ❤❤

  • @jg-tt9uu
    @jg-tt9uu 24 дні тому

    pinkerton ahh thumbnail

  • @detdeet
    @detdeet 27 днів тому

    I've definitely heard of worse problems than arriving in a foreign country and having TOO MUCH work. Would be far worse if you had too little, and all of it pretty much self-employed, very impressive

  • @angelgarbov816
    @angelgarbov816 28 днів тому

    huge inspiration to start making my own prints, thank you Dave!

  • @TiborHunka
    @TiborHunka 29 днів тому

    9.11 percnél a papír , mi a neve ?

  • @SungGui91
    @SungGui91 Місяць тому

    I watched 3 times this mini doc. after years of not watching. every time i watched it's gets better

  • @TV-fx8gq
    @TV-fx8gq Місяць тому

    Why must there be a reason? Maybe things just are.

  • @deanamess7943
    @deanamess7943 Місяць тому

    New to this, what is the white stuff he applied? Many thanks

  • @TenkoBerry
    @TenkoBerry Місяць тому

    This be Great 👍

  • @vinnylovesretro
    @vinnylovesretro Місяць тому

    Vizzini (Princess Bride) has nothing on this guy. But seriously, I loved this little talk, and I wish I had friend that could provide this level of depth of conversation.

  • @mrbaker234
    @mrbaker234 Місяць тому

    Cant wait for David's choice 13. Maybe this will be the year 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

    • @seseragistudio
      @seseragistudio Місяць тому

      So it has been that long ... What can I say ... I'm struggling with this on a daily basis, trying to get out from under all the 'fire-fighting', and get back to a sensible schedule of content creation. The list of topics waiting for treatment is as long as my arm. Would it have been better if our business had not become so successful? Due mostly to the UA-cam content! What a paradox ...

  • @loganstroganoff1284
    @loganstroganoff1284 Місяць тому

    Wow so david doesn't even consider a spiritual aspect of life at all? Wont even discuss it for the sake of debate? Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but to sum up existence as nothing more than an accident of physics and nature is quite the philosophy of despair and ignores a facet of consciousness present in billions of human beings.

    • @seseragistudio
      @seseragistudio Місяць тому

      Each to his own, sir! For me, it wasn't an 'accident' of physics and nature that brought us here, it was a 'process' of physics and nature ... all completely natural and normal. I myself see nothing 'spiritual' in all this!

  • @Indoor_guy
    @Indoor_guy Місяць тому

    its like watercolor or am i wrong?/????

  • @kelp755
    @kelp755 Місяць тому

    Love you david

  • @nelly5954
    @nelly5954 Місяць тому

    Jed Henry is one of my favourite artists, and I discovered you independently years later. I had no idea you carved the Rickshaw piece!

  • @jamesdozier1623
    @jamesdozier1623 Місяць тому

    In fact Karate originated in Japan. Apparently there was alot of finger wagging happening and it was getting out of control. So rumor has it that the Japanese language was restructured in a way made it almost impossible to vigorously get your point across with or without finger wagging, and Karate was "born". Ok not true... any of it. But Mr. Bull if u see this, i LOVE YOUR VIDS! Especially the unintentional ASMR! Please keep them coming. Btw im in Bilixi, Mississippi. A very, very long way from Japan. THANK YOU!

  • @bravhart9212
    @bravhart9212 Місяць тому

    I'm not sure, but I think they flattened the paper with a blank woodblock after the typing press; but if it's there needs to be an embossing (sorry if I misspelt that), then they didn't flatten the paper because it would prevent embossing. I think? P.S. Or they carved out all the lettering with on a keyblock?

  • @everlastingarms3065
    @everlastingarms3065 Місяць тому

    I like the room ambiance fwiw.

  • @bravhart9212
    @bravhart9212 Місяць тому

    Can't help but feel the very ending of the video reminds me of the antiques road show where they transition to the next thing. XD

  • @johnjewell219
    @johnjewell219 Місяць тому

    👏👍😎🐈‍⬛🇦🇺

  • @metatron478
    @metatron478 2 місяці тому

    We love you, Dave!

  • @daylematthews
    @daylematthews 2 місяці тому

    What a stunning video. Just fascinating to see that skill and precision

  • @manfredoxyz
    @manfredoxyz 2 місяці тому

    Dave, please make a vid about how you learnt japanese...

  • @Skunky48
    @Skunky48 2 місяці тому

    I found you on Twitch today and fell right into a state of intense curiosity. Lovely stream, and I'll see you again I hope. Thank you friend, for sharing your passion with the world.

  • @TennesseeBlink
    @TennesseeBlink 2 місяці тому

    I love everything about this. The story of getting to walk on the old Tōkaidō gave me goosebumps.

  • @TennesseeBlink
    @TennesseeBlink 2 місяці тому

    Dave, I absolutely love your channel so much. Thank you so much for all that you do.

  • @stevestruthers6180
    @stevestruthers6180 2 місяці тому

    What a beautiful print, and a talented artist.

  • @user-su8kw6yu4g
    @user-su8kw6yu4g 2 місяці тому

    Hi! Is it Ok to print by ink jet printer? Is the outcome different from laser printer?

  • @McEefers69
    @McEefers69 2 місяці тому

    This WILL be Pewdiepie