Making a kuchi-e print

Another in the series of videos presented by Tokyo-based woodblock printmaker David Bull, in which I talk about aspects of my work. This episode describes my experiences when making a reproduction of a Meiji-period 'kuchi-e' (frontispiece) print, back in the autumn of 2004. An interesting aspect to the discussion is my 'best guess' as to how the kuchi-e were produced in such large quantities in short time periods, and an attempt to answer some interesting mysteries involved in their production. The 'Beauties of Four Seasons' series mentioned in the video lives here: http://woodblock.com/shiki/ Information on the 'Octopus' print is here: http://theoctopusprint.com Videos of the production process will be uploaded to this YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwy04bG7Yjx4MvSD7wdt0ZQ The previous (similar) YouTube video that I referenced - discussing my contact with the old carver Susumu Ito - is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij9KXgiyDAc We now have a Patreon page for support of these videos: https://www.patreon.com/mokuhankan