Japanese Woodblock Printing Ukiyo-e Party in Asakusa, Tokyo
Rainy day in Tokyo? Looking for something to do with your kids and family in Japan? Join ukiyo-e (Japanese woodblock) printmaker David Bull in his studio in Asakusa, Japan.
David holds printmaking parties in his studio, Mokuhankan, for individuals or groups who are interested in learning more about Japanese woodblock printing. You can learn how to do woodblock printing, and take home your own handmade print as a souvenir. These printmaking parties are great for families, as children as young as 10 years old are able to join the parties and make their own prints!
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Directed and edited by: Taylor B. Martin
Produced by: Get Japan, 2016 (video #7)
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The Blue-eyed Ukiyo-e Carver Woodcut artist David Bull | Asakusa Woodblock Museum
Asakusa Woodblock Museum
Address: 1-41-8 Asakusa , Taito-ku
Tel: 070-5011-1418
Opening Hours: 10am-5.30pm (closed Tues)
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Doi Hanga collaboration : Part 4
This is the fourth in an ongoing series explaining and illustrating the new collaboration between the Mokuhankan printmaking venture and the old Doi Hanga publishing house.
This is the episode where things finally start to happen! Ayumi Miyashita - our youngest printer - makes a batch of the Kamigamo Shrine print, taking it from blank paper up to the final impression.
The prints she made are now available on our website at:
Event: I mentioned in the video that I will be doing some events in Canada. One of those has now been announced, and the information (and reservation) page is here:
Information on the second event in Vancouver, on March 9th, is here:
(Update: I've now learned more about the Toronto event. It's to be at the Royal Ontario Museum, as part of their 'March Break' program, which has a focus on the 18th century, and further, on Edo Japan. They will have musicians from Japan, Shishimai dance, Ikebana and Edo Tsumami art workshop in addition to my printmaking demonstrations. I'll be there March 12 and 13.)
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The ‘ending segment’ - taken just outside our shop door in Asakusa, shows a day-long ‘panorama’. It wasn’t clear from my explanation in the video, but this is actually footage that I recorded a couple of months ago. That’s why greenery has suddenly appeared on the trees!
Our shop address is: Asakusa 1-41-8, Taito-ku, Tokyo if you want to try to find this on Google Maps ...
Here are a few notes about what you are seeing:
6:00 am - the series starts with a view down the length of Roku-dori (6th Area Street). Do you hear the distant sound of the morning bell from Sensoji? Once we pan to the right, we are now looking up Hoppi-dori (Hoppi is the name of a well-known quasi-beer beverage …)
7:00 - just early-morning dog walkers, and a few people headed for the nearest train station …
8:00 - still quiet …
9:00 - the man with the newspaper (a racing form) is headed for the Off Track betting centre up at the other end of Hoppi-dori. The street was flooded with these guys for the next half-hour or so ...
10:00 - now it’s the turn of families with kids. They are headed to ‘Hana Yashiki’, a theme park that predates Disneyland by a few years (by over 100 years, actually …), and which still pulls them in ...
11:00 - a couple of bars have opened up … The boys you see passing out flyers are would-be comedians. There is a theater on our street that runs stand-up all day long (with the comedians nearly all working in pairs). The guys run back to do their turn on stage, then get back out here to drum up business …
Noon - the large building down at the far end of Roku-dori is the famous Don Quixote discount shop. (Although honestly speaking, it’s actually not such a great place for bargains …).
1:00 pm - the comedians do work hard all day long out here; it’s kind of like political campaigning in Japan. The content isn’t anywhere near as important as showing that you are _really_ committed …
2:00 - sticking to my rule of keeping the camera turned in one direction, I wasn’t able to catch the street ‘performer’ behind me - an old guy dressed in a Charlie Chaplin outfit banging a drum and advertising a show of old-fashioned songs being held at a local coffee shop in the evening …
3:00 - one of the comedians gets a ‘tip’ from a passer-by … and doesn’t quite know what to do with it!
4:00 -
5:00 - the comedians are all gone now, as their final show has started … This corner is also one of the ‘stopping points’ for one of the Rickshaw Cart tours. We can see the driver giving his talk telling the riders about the history of this street ...
6:00 - we’re in the transition from ‘daytime’ Roku-dori to the evening scene. Most of the shops have shut (including mine), but the bars are busy …
7:00 - this is the best time of day for Hoppi-dori - the lanterns hung out, and the young waitresses calling to the passers-by ...
8:00 - considering that this is one of Tokyo’s best-known bar districts, it’s pretty peaceful …
9:00 - and already, that first bar on the right hand side has closed … We do see that a couple of young guys have had a bit too much …
10:00 - many more are closed …
11:00 - I think there is just one still open at the far end; all the rest have cleaned up, shuttered, and put their garbage out ready for collection during the night.
And we close the day just as peacefully as we began … I _like_ this place!
Message to Studio Ghibli
(Video has English subtitles)
このビデオは、スタジオジブリへのメッセージです。東京浅草にある木版画工房「木版館」は、ジブリの協力を必要としています。このビデオを見ている人たちの中にジブリとつながりがある方がいるかなあ...
メール：davebull@woodblock.com
木版館：東京都 台東区 浅草 1-41-8 Tel:070-5011-1418
This video is a 'Message to Studio Ghibli'. Our workshop wants to make prints with their characters, and we need to talk to them. Hopefully, this message will help us establish communication ...
Email: davebull@woodblock.com
Mokuhankan: Asakusa 1-41-8, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Telephone: 070-5011-1418