It's incredible how a man, with this amount of knowledge and history as him takes some time of his life just to teach all of this... I look up to you as a teacher and a figure of knowledge. It's great how youtube let us know this kind of people and let us listen to them as ir they were teaching us. Thank you, Dave. It's wonderful to have someone as you making videos. Thank you.
ProperlyParanoid in several chapters throughout the textbook there are interviews with various foreigners who have some interest in Japanese culture. Here is a picture from the Teacher’s copy with the dialogue. There’s a video interview that goes along with it in the QR code. imgur.com/a/7D5dmGZ
Hah! I remember doing this one ... quite a few years ago! The QR code decodes here: sw31.tsho.jp/02pk/e5/over/unit5/movie/ "First, carve the block!" :-)
I am always impressed by the areas that lack color in the print: the cross-hatch pattern, snow flakes, stitching. When I consider the negative space it amazes me the thinking, and skill that needed to go into it.
This was amazing. Thank you David for such beautiful presentation of ukiyo-e power and importance. I remember watching the lecture from Boston MFA with very similar subject and I have to say, however interesting and enlightening that was, your talk is far more engaging and satisfying. Love your work
The camera work is just amazing. It's like being 2" away from the actual prints. I've spent these past Covid months having lunch (at my desk) with you David. Best lunch dates of my life. One day, hope to visit you and your shop in Tokyo.
I could watch these videos all day long , Dave 's obvious passion for this Art technique has rubbed off on me and I'm now collecting books on the prints etc. Sadly having Arthritis in my wrists and fingers carving my own blocks ain't gonna happen. But I can still enjoy the beauty of this incredible art. Cheers Dave
These are my favorite types of videos. They're informative and give you time to look at the prints and appreciate them. Really hoping you are able to make more of these or another David's choice soon.
I can not express the level of gratitude I feel for being able to learn and respect a history I will never know from someone who has devoted their life to it. This sort of video all of us can feel a different energy coming from it in the sense that we can traverse time to see a shard of a curtain pulled aside and can just get a glimpse of the struggle, evolution, and power of a time in history. I'm both ecstatic and saddened whenever I find such powerful history, because it reminds me how many histories we will never be able to know even this much. Videos like this I can already tell every time I find them are the true treasures of humanity. We won't know it for a while, but I sense a timelessness that can't be expressed, and I believe it's tapping into an unknown future where we as an evolved species can look back to our roots in a way we can't yet fathom. And these videos will be a major source for all.
You are a remarkable story teller. These stories remind me a lot of Dan Carlin's "Hardcore History" podcasts. Told in a similar way and with the same amount of passion which makes it so much better to listen to.
Hey Dave!! I stumbled across your “remembering a carver” episode and I have been listening now casually for some years. You are a great speaker and very relaxing and passionate about your craft. I praise you and hold you in the highest regard
I'm absolutely in love with your videos. You make it so easy to appreciate these prints and the historical value they hold. Definitely want to learn more about Japanese history after this one!
Thank you for this! Ukiyo-e is truly my special interest, your channel is amazing and informative. I take a lot of inspiration from those prints when it comes to my own art.
Videos like this are what make the internet magic. Thanks Dave for sharing your knowledge of history and prints with us. And thanks for those close up shots -- they really bring the print to life.
I really like to see these art pieces in the context of their history. I would definitely watch more of these kinds of videos. Makes the Art itself more meaningful in the present.
I just started watching your videos and the first one I had seen was from years ago. Came to your channel and so happy you're still posting and doing well
Dave, I’ve been watching your videos for quite some time now and it’s so good to see you’re still rolling out these videos, always love the lessons of your videos and the information you give us, thank you!
Excellent video David congratulations! it summarizes the points of a video no longer available at you tube-:historical artifacts ukiyo-e prints, where you appear saying some points. thanks for sharing!
This is one of your best videos, David- very informative! Can you think of any particular woodblock print books that helped change society during the Edo period? If you ever do another presentation on the books, please mention the fukuro, the wrappers they were sold with. MFA Boston has a collection of them, but they don't seem to have the books they came with. I have some fukuro in my collection, and you are welcome to use the images on my Flickr site if you want to. They are an interesting part of Japanese publishing, as the designs tend to be a bit more adventurous than the book covers themselves. My best to your and your staff, and hope to get over to Tokyo to meet you soon.
Lovely bit of history. The seditious impact of the theater of the day reminded me of the affect writers and playwrights had during the Elizabethan era, in another highly stratified island nation too no less... Thanks Dave!
I am so glad you uploaded this video. I have always loved the Hiroshige series. I think they were the picture postcards of the day. I just imagine travelers buying them to show to friends so they could say, "I've been there. I've seen that." Sadly, much of Japan no longer looks like that. For us as modern viewers the series gives us a valuable historical context of what Japan looked like at the time. My favorite print by Hiroshige, though not of that series, is New Years Eve Foxfires at Ogi. It shows a gnarled tree in a very rural setting. From what I understand Tokyo over-ran the area and built over it except for the fox temple. Today only the temple area and a descendant of the tree remain in that spot. A kitsune festival is still held in that area of Tokyo every New Years Eve.
Mr Bull, you are such an likeable man and have become my favourite channel to visit on TH-cam at the moment. I'm very interested in the art of woodblock printing, but have recently become more interested in you as an individual too. Apologies if you've already done this but I'd love to see a sort of biographical video about you and your career, especially to see some of your early hobby prints and how you got to where you are. Its a real cool talent you have. Greetings from Worcestershire UK
Prints that were deemed "illegal" by the higher-ups because they somewhat exposed the social life of a society that the ruling power wouldn't be pleased with. Sounds like they're the old Japan counterpart of how authorities would see how raunchy magazines, music concerts, metal bands, TV shows, comic books, cartoons, movies, games, etc. were destroying the youth at some point of modern history. And as usual, another amazing presentation, Dave!
Must be nice to have all your hard work rewarded, and I watched your videos about Ito Susumu. You get to do what you love as a job and get to share your creation with thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of people. You likely even inspire people with what you do, and you get to pass down what you do to the new carvers working underneath you.
So I'm visiting Japan again on November and I discovered your TH-cam and I really enjoyed your contents... I didn't get to go to asakusa last time I visited and I really wanted to. so I wonder if I can visit your shop because your passion really intrigued me :). I hope you stay healthy !
I am hoping this is not the last video of the series, its my favorite! May I suggest another series or videos about the care of prints and restoration?
1:25 I've actually got hours. I wish I could find more to watch about Ukiyo-e history. Thanks to you I managed to pick up a Kuniyoshi from 1852 for a song. It's a portrait of Ichikawa Danjuro (can't remember the number) shortly before he killed himself. It's one of my most prized possessions (next to my complete obsession with Yakimono!)
I know the significance the prints had on Western art, especially in France, but I never took much thought of what influence they had in their native land. Thanks for the lesson.
That last print is so legendary and beautiful, one of my favorites. I might be biased though because Weezer used the image for the Pinkerton album cover :)
me: about to go to bed at 3 am
dave: uploads
timezones suck but these videos are always worth it
thank you
"Got a minute?"
Dave, you know we do
always
It's incredible how a man, with this amount of knowledge and history as him takes some time of his life just to teach all of this... I look up to you as a teacher and a figure of knowledge. It's great how youtube let us know this kind of people and let us listen to them as ir they were teaching us. Thank you, Dave. It's wonderful to have someone as you making videos. Thank you.
Dave is back! Glad to see you're doing well
You can watch him livestream his work a handful of times a week on Twitch.
www.twitch.tv/japaneseprintmaking
laythistorest thanks for the twitch link. I started watching the last one.
btw.: when I google Shin hanga artists, David Bull is Nr 45
I've been teaching English in Japan and noticed your name in one of the new elementary textbooks. I'll be following your channel from now on!
Please do tell!
@@ProperlyParanoid he taught english for a time, thats all I know
ProperlyParanoid in several chapters throughout the textbook there are interviews with various foreigners who have some interest in Japanese culture. Here is a picture from the Teacher’s copy with the dialogue. There’s a video interview that goes along with it in the QR code. imgur.com/a/7D5dmGZ
Hah! I remember doing this one ... quite a few years ago! The QR code decodes here: sw31.tsho.jp/02pk/e5/over/unit5/movie/
"First, carve the block!" :-)
Dave cementing himself in kids' learning alongside LeVar Burton, Bob Ross, and Mr. Rogers
"goodnight for now" how did you know i'm using this to fall asleep ? lol
😏
good business to know your audience
Word. Are they aware we’re here, at least partly, for the ASMR?
airforce9872 I’ve been falling asleep to this ever since it came out!!! it works like a charm
Those are my favorite types of videos. History of art, with the soothing voice of David Bull himself. Thank you!
I am always impressed by the areas that lack color in the print: the cross-hatch pattern, snow flakes, stitching. When I consider the negative space it amazes me the thinking, and skill that needed to go into it.
The embossing on that print is just insane
"Vitally important?"
"Yes."
Me: Really?
"You got a minute?"
Me: Yes.
I'm trying to save for a trip to Japan. Dave's shop is going to be one of my first stops :)
Do it! It’s so worth it
There's nothing like listening to someone talk about what they love. Thanks for such a pleasant half hour.
This video will push the channel over 100k subscribers. Congratulations, much deserved
This was amazing. Thank you David for such beautiful presentation of ukiyo-e power and importance. I remember watching the lecture from Boston MFA with very similar subject and I have to say, however interesting and enlightening that was, your talk is far more engaging and satisfying. Love your work
wow, that intro has to be one of the most motivating/engaging introductions of a video i have ever seen/heard
It's been so long since I've seen your videos, I'm glad I found my way back to your channel!
The camera work is just amazing. It's like being 2" away from the actual prints. I've spent these past Covid months having lunch (at my desk) with you David. Best lunch dates of my life. One day, hope to visit you and your shop in Tokyo.
Just the best content on this platform. This is quality.
I could watch these videos
all day long , Dave 's obvious passion for this Art technique has rubbed off on me and I'm now collecting books on the prints etc. Sadly having Arthritis in my wrists and fingers carving my own blocks ain't gonna happen.
But I can still enjoy the beauty of this incredible art. Cheers Dave
These are my favorite types of videos. They're informative and give you time to look at the prints and appreciate them. Really hoping you are able to make more of these or another David's choice soon.
dave asking if i got a minute- boi i could spend an entire lifetime learning from this precious soul.
THANK YOU, DAVID. I HAVE A DEEP FASCINATION FOR JAPANESE HISTORY, AND ENJOYED THE INSIGHT IMMENSELY.
I can not express the level of gratitude I feel for being able to learn and respect a history I will never know from someone who has devoted their life to it. This sort of video all of us can feel a different energy coming from it in the sense that we can traverse time to see a shard of a curtain pulled aside and can just get a glimpse of the struggle, evolution, and power of a time in history. I'm both ecstatic and saddened whenever I find such powerful history, because it reminds me how many histories we will never be able to know even this much.
Videos like this I can already tell every time I find them are the true treasures of humanity. We won't know it for a while, but I sense a timelessness that can't be expressed, and I believe it's tapping into an unknown future where we as an evolved species can look back to our roots in a way we can't yet fathom. And these videos will be a major source for all.
You are a remarkable story teller. These stories remind me a lot of Dan Carlin's "Hardcore History" podcasts. Told in a similar way and with the same amount of passion which makes it so much better to listen to.
Dave almost hitting 100k subs. I'm very glad all this knowledge is getting to more people every day.
I think my favorite part of these videos is the historical aspect. It’s always fascinating to learn art history.
thank you somuch
20:05 WOW, love the snow
Hey Dave!! I stumbled across your “remembering a carver” episode and I have been listening now casually for some years. You are a great speaker and very relaxing and passionate about your craft. I praise you and hold you in the highest regard
Love those stories! Thanks, Dave, and good to see you doing well.
I'm absolutely in love with your videos. You make it so easy to appreciate these prints and the historical value they hold. Definitely want to learn more about Japanese history after this one!
Thank you for this! Ukiyo-e is truly my special interest, your channel is amazing and informative. I take a lot of inspiration from those prints when it comes to my own art.
glad to see you going strong with your work. you're a welcome sight in these trying times.
Videos like this are what make the internet magic. Thanks Dave for sharing your knowledge of history and prints with us. And thanks for those close up shots -- they really bring the print to life.
Oh, yes please! More like this, Dave-san. Made my morning, thank you!
This is such a treat of a video! A history lesson and some of the most amazing prints in detail. Thank you David!
Όπ, δεν περιμένα να δω έναν Έλληνα :D
@@ΧρῆστοςΚωστελίδης-γ3φ Η τέχνη ευτυχώς δεν αναγνωρίζει σύνορα :-)
Soo good to hear from you again sir. It's a joy to be informed and entertained by you again.
I really like to see these art pieces in the context of their history. I would definitely watch more of these kinds of videos.
Makes the Art itself more meaningful in the present.
Happy 100k! Subs!!!
Your story telling skills is amazing. I love this video so much.
This is a fascinating video. Rarely have I learned so much in such a short time. The prints were beautiful.
I just started watching your videos and the first one I had seen was from years ago. Came to your channel and so happy you're still posting and doing well
Thanks for sharing such a rich and amazing style of art
I always appreciate your videos, David. Thank you for sharing.
Dave, I’ve been watching your videos for quite some time now and it’s so good to see you’re still rolling out these videos, always love the lessons of your videos and the information you give us, thank you!
Excellent video David congratulations! it summarizes the points of a video no longer available at you tube-:historical artifacts ukiyo-e prints, where you appear saying some points. thanks for sharing!
Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers! Very much deserved!
An absolute joy to watch you tell stories!
Dave! Your audio is back to being good now! Keep it up, love the content!!
Its 130 AM, I'm about to go to sleep. I check my subscriptions. David Bull has uploaded a new video. I am not sleeping.
Thank you so much. Enightening and fascinating.
I’m about to start teaching myself art history!!! this is great prep C:
Masterful and enthralling storytelling as always Dave, these uploads are always a treat
Excellent video Dave! Thank you for always sharing your knowledge and passion.
Wish I had a steady enough hand to do this kind of art. So amazing how much detail these woodblocks have. True talent
This is one of your best videos, David- very informative! Can you think of any particular woodblock print books that helped change society during the Edo period? If you ever do another presentation on the books, please mention the fukuro, the wrappers they were sold with. MFA Boston has a collection of them, but they don't seem to have the books they came with. I have some fukuro in my collection, and you are welcome to use the images on my Flickr site if you want to. They are an interesting part of Japanese publishing, as the designs tend to be a bit more adventurous than the book covers themselves. My best to your and your staff, and hope to get over to Tokyo to meet you soon.
Another excellent presentation thank you for keeping this art alive!
Thanks for another fascinating history lesson and beautiful prints!
Grrreat video, thanks a lot for doing this! A passion like yours is hard to find these days.
Great video Dave that gave a great contextual perspective on this wonderful body of work. Thank you.
Thank you. This may be my favorite video you've ever done.
These videos about Japanese history are always my favorite.
Lovely bit of history. The seditious impact of the theater of the day reminded me of the affect writers and playwrights had during the Elizabethan era, in another highly stratified island nation too no less... Thanks Dave!
So spooky I was just reading this from Dave's original woodblock.com site, but it's always so much more of a joy to hear from the man himself.
Congratulations on the 100k!
Unbelievably beautiful. Thank you
Thanks David! That was absolutely fascinating.
I am so glad you uploaded this video. I have always loved the Hiroshige series. I think they were the picture postcards of the day. I just imagine travelers buying them to show to friends so they could say, "I've been there. I've seen that." Sadly, much of Japan no longer looks like that. For us as modern viewers the series gives us a valuable historical context of what Japan looked like at the time. My favorite print by Hiroshige, though not of that series, is New Years Eve Foxfires at Ogi. It shows a gnarled tree in a very rural setting. From what I understand Tokyo over-ran the area and built over it except for the fox temple. Today only the temple area and a descendant of the tree remain in that spot. A kitsune festival is still held in that area of Tokyo every New Years Eve.
Wow, thanks for this Dave. Amazing and insightful and beautiful and informative.
This is a really, really well-done dialectical historical analysis of the Tokugawa era
Whoop whoop 100k
Mr Bull, you are such an likeable man and have become my favourite channel to visit on TH-cam at the moment. I'm very interested in the art of woodblock printing, but have recently become more interested in you as an individual too. Apologies if you've already done this but I'd love to see a sort of biographical video about you and your career, especially to see some of your early hobby prints and how you got to where you are. Its a real cool talent you have. Greetings from Worcestershire UK
Leaving my comment up but I have just seen 'beginnings' which is exactly what I wanted... if you see this cheers Dave!
24:06 This is quite possibly my favorite design full stop. I have it on a phone case from a few years ago that I won't throw away now. :P
Ones again, very interesting and captivating video! Please come back soon1
Another excellent and highly enjoyable video. I've also noticed your channel has almost hit the 100k subscriber milestone. Congratulations!!!
You are a wonderful story teller David😔🙏😇😊
Prints that were deemed "illegal" by the higher-ups because they somewhat exposed the social life of a society that the ruling power wouldn't be pleased with. Sounds like they're the old Japan counterpart of how authorities would see how raunchy magazines, music concerts, metal bands, TV shows, comic books, cartoons, movies, games, etc. were destroying the youth at some point of modern history.
And as usual, another amazing presentation, Dave!
Excellent and very insightful lecture. Thank you.
Wonderful seeing you, sir.
I could see all of the things you described happening in my mind. What a wild time to have lived in.
Must be nice to have all your hard work rewarded, and I watched your videos about Ito Susumu. You get to do what you love as a job and get to share your creation with thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of people. You likely even inspire people with what you do, and you get to pass down what you do to the new carvers working underneath you.
It is indeed very rewarding ... but if I don't get busy and get the next video done soon, the fans will be after me with pitchforks!
@@seseragistudio *kicks grindstone away* That's not true. We'd never do that.
So I'm visiting Japan again on November and I discovered your TH-cam and I really enjoyed your contents... I didn't get to go to asakusa last time I visited and I really wanted to. so I wonder if I can visit your shop because your passion really intrigued me :). I hope you stay healthy !
Well presented! Thanks Dave!
Never a disappointment watching your videos. Thanks.
Thanks for the history lesson and the painting, impressed!! ^^
Congrats for the 100k subs Dave!!
I have a wonderful idea that could easily sell out in seconds. Ooo how much these would be cherished
Got a minute? I got all the time in the world for you Mr. Bull.
Thank you. This art form is amazing.
Bless you for your knowledge and wisdom-wonderful video
Nice with a new video, looking forward to listen to this when its time for sleep.
Thanks for your videos Dave. I have my own collection in Hawaii
I am hoping this is not the last video of the series, its my favorite! May I suggest another series or videos about the care of prints and restoration?
1:25 I've actually got hours. I wish I could find more to watch about Ukiyo-e history. Thanks to you I managed to pick up a Kuniyoshi from 1852 for a song. It's a portrait of Ichikawa Danjuro (can't remember the number) shortly before he killed himself. It's one of my most prized possessions (next to my complete obsession with Yakimono!)
You are missed, sir! On the latest waiting list for the Great Wave. Worth waiting for!
refreshing to see you did this in one take
I know the significance the prints had on Western art, especially in France, but I never took much thought of what influence they had in their native land. Thanks for the lesson.
I'm learning so much it's so astonishing to see this. I love it!
The history lesson was incredible. Thank you
That last print is so legendary and beautiful, one of my favorites. I might be biased though because Weezer used the image for the Pinkerton album cover :)
Amazing Video! Thanks David