One print, “Zojoji Temple, Shiba,” by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) depicts the temple of the Shiba district of Tokyo, built in 1393 — one of the most visited and photographed temples in the city.

Object Details author Vollmer, April Contents History and Significance -- Tools and Materials for Printing -- Washi, Japanese Handmade Paper -- Creating a Print Step by Step -- New Directions in ...

At $450 each, the woodblock prints are the most expensive items that the store has to offer. They’d look really nice in our living rooms, and we’ve got a birthday coming up — just saying.

WILLIAMSTOWN — The curator of a new exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints is asking you to take deep look with him at two significant strains of artistic evolution taking place within the genre ...

This is “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” a woodblock print by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai and one of the world’s most iconic pieces of Asian art.

In a workshop around 20 km from downtown Tianjin, 85-year-old Wang Xueqin takes out a woodblock and brushes ink on the board before he places rice paper onto it and rubs the surface with a special ...

Traditional woodblock printing can be divided into four major steps: writing, engraving, printing, and binding. With each step then sub-divided into several procedures, it takes roughly 30 steps ...

TOKYO (AP) — World-famous Japanese woodblock print artist Hokusai's art is on exhibit in Tokyo — on the license plates of scooters. The design, by a local student, blends old and new — the ...

Sensu014d-e, literally 'war pictures,' are a particularly dramatic form of Japanese woodblock print that emerged as a style of reportage during the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877, and went on to become ...

As the home of woodblock printing from the 15th to the 19th centuries, Thanh Liễu Village in the northern province of Hải Dương has preserved thousands of sets of printing woodblocks and seals.

This is “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” a woodblock print by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai and one of the world’s most iconic pieces of Asian art.