Since our founding in 1923 we are located at center of kyoto and offered fine japanese prints and paintings to collectors and museums.
Woodblock prints kyoto.
Ukiyo e woodblock prints.
Woodblock printing in japan 木版画 mokuhanga is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo e artistic genre of single sheets but it was also used for printing books in the same period.
Widely adopted in japan during the edo period 1603 1868 and similar to woodcut in western printmaking in some regards the mokuhanga technique differs in that it uses water based inks as.
Ukiyo e are japanese woodblock prints which flourished during the edo period 1603 1867.
They have inherited their techniques with a history of 1 200 years in kyoto and have evolved into their current company as takezasado with kenji takenaka the fifth generation master nsince 1891 takenaka mokuhan has been passing on their traditional printing techniques for over 100 years from master.
We handle wide variety of japanese prints from 17th to 20th century.
They originated as popular culture in edo present day tokyo and depicted popular geisha sumo wrestlers and kabuki actors from the world of entertainment.
Could anyone recommend a good place to get woodblock prints in kyoto osaka nara tokyo.
Takenaka mokuhan is a long established and masterful woodblock printing business in kyoto.
Im going to give one as a gift to a friend back home and also would like some for my home as well.
As a publisher for woodblock prints we have a wide array of goods from original woodcuts and reissues of uchida woodblock print to modern woodblock prints and new print arts as well as ukiyo e.