Japanese Woodblock Printmaking - An Ukiyo-e Falcon

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: Yasuhiro Aoyama Editing and Narration: Cameron Hilker Guest Appearances: David Bull and Ayumi Ohashi Subscription information: The Mokuhankan Twitch channel: The Mokuhankan website: Our Patreon campaign: 00:00 Introduction and opening 04:12 0/11 - Moistening the Paper 05:51 1/11 - Key block 07:37 2/11 - Yellow on Falcon 09:32 3/11 - Gold Ornamentation 10:25 Adjusting the Kento Registration Marks 11:34 4/11 - Vermilion 12:45 5/11 - Blue Background 14:38 6/11 - Yellow Feet 15:57 7/11 - Pink Flag 17:24 8/11 - Pink Circles 18:30 9/11 - Blue Rope 20:08 10/11 - Blue on Wings 21:35 ’Pearl’ Pigment 22:22 11/11 - ’Pearl’ Insignia 23:38 12/11 - Name Embossing 24:53 Drying the Prints 27:02 Slideshow 28:24 Chat with Suga-san Note: although the series is being produced one by one during the course of 2021, we intend to keep the set of prints in production for many years, so if you are coming to this page at some future date, it should still be available!