The traditional China engraved block printing technique requires the collaboration of half a dozen craftspeople possessed of printing expertise, dexterity and team spirit. The blocks themselves, made ...

What is going on in the setting? How would it be different if the figures had different facial expressions? How would you describe the colors? The shapes? The lines? How would you describe the people ...

A walking tour of the Kiso Valley offers glimpses of the golden age of Japan’s great printmakers. In the 1830s, at the tail end of Japan’s flourishing Edo Period, two artists set out to ...

Demons Emerge from a Large, Wooden Chest is a gorgeous woodblock print by Kawanable Kyōsai. The print was made in 1890. It's from his book Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, which features a ...