Topic: 'Exhibitions' of some interesting prints ...

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  • 'Collaborations' - Western designers with Japanese craftsmen
    • Japanese traditional printmaking is a group effort - publisher, designer, carver and printer are all different people. What happens when the designer is a westerner?
  • 'Turn of the Century' Printmakers
    • Colour woodblock printmaking enjoyed a 'boom' in Europe and North America from the late 1800's into the early 1900's. Here is an overview of that 'school'.
  • "David's Choice"
    • An exhibition of my favourite woodblock prints. Some are prints from my own small 'collection', most are reproduced from book illustrations. What is the criterion for inclusion? Prints that made me say "Look at this!" to whoever happened to be in the room at the time I first saw them ...
  • Amateur Printmaking in Japan
    • Woodblock printmaking has been a very common hobby for people in Japan for well over a hundred years now... Would you like to see some of their work? ...
  • Nafuda Prints
    • A selection of small woodblock prints of the genre known in Japan as 'nafuda' ...
  • A Meiji Treasure Trove
    • Book and print dealer Shingo Ueda recently came across a very interesting 'item' in one of the dealer's auctions here in Tokyo ...

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