Japanese Woodblock Printmaking Workshop - Hakobi
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- This is the first in a series of videos demonstrating various traditional techniques and tools in the Japanese mokuhanga woodblock printmaking industry and how we use them today here at Mokuhankan.
Today's video is about the pigment brushes our printers use, known as 'hakobi' (運び) or 'tokibo' (解き棒). First Suga-san tells us a little bit about what hakobi are for and why she makes her own instead of only using store-bought ones, and then she demonstrates the whole process from start to finish. Finally, we have a slideshow at the end going over the tying steps again for you to follow while making your own.
We have a list of ideas and have started the process of making more of these - but please feel free to leave a comment about what techniques and tools you are interested in learning about so we can consider your ideas for future videos.
Narration and demonstrations: Natsuki Suga
Cinematography: Yasuhiro Aoyama and Cameron Hilker
Editing and Subtitling: Cameron Hilker
Hasegawa Typeface: Markku Mujunen (mokuhankan.com... and markkumujunen.com/)
On Dave's personal website, there is more information on making these tools:
woodblock.com/e...
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The Mokuhankan Twitch channel (where you can watch Dave use the tools shown here):
/ japaneseprintmaking
The Mokuhankan website:
mokuhankan.com
Our Patreon campaign:
/ mokuhankan
When the world needed him most he returned
This is the type of content that makes you immortal. Thanks to you and your team for keeping such practical craft knowledge alive and available in this modern age!
Be sure to archive this with a relevant institution or even The Internet Archive for posterity.
You cannot be immortal, scientists have confirmed the maximum length a human could POTENTIALLY live up to is 150 years. FAKE NEWS SPREADER
@@vp5633 Wow! What a reply.
@@vp5633 classic Steven wonder
If TH-cam is around in another 1000 years, never mind all eternity, then I'll eat my non-existent hat with my long decomposed jaw.
Really interesting to see how these brushes are being made from the bamboo sheaths! I’m glad to see that such traditional forms of tool making are being preserved today.
Suga-san (and the rest of the Mokuhankan team), thank you very much for this incredibly interesting and relaxing video! It's a rare and special treat to have a new video from you all. 🥰
DAVE!!! SO GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU!
dave also streams on twitch regularly :)
@@maximilianjankowski those of us with common sense stay as far away from twitch as possible though!!! that place is pure trash.
@@orion7741 I don't use twitch either, but we can't pretend TH-cam is any better lmao
The workshop background sounds (12:30 onwards) are so relaxing.
I have learned more watching David over the last couple years about history than I did In Asian studies in college.
David I think you already know this but this is an incredible gift to humanity..... I hope others like myself are downloading and storing this video offline for future posterity. Videos like this need to be stored in multiple mediums and possibly even have the techniques photographed and written down.... If we don't save this stuff it will be gone forever once master craftsman like David, and all of them people that help bring these prints to life at their shop, are no longer with us. David is finally following through with his promise to get as much of this information out as he can while he's still here. Some of the information in this video you could probably not find anywhere else on the planet and would be left to figure it out on your own!
Thanks Dave and everyone at Mokuhankan ... this is what TH-cam should be all about. You have all this skill and knowledge in Japanese printmaking and happily pass it on. So beautifully demonstrated and videoed... love the idea for this series so please keep these videos coming :)
Absolute masterpiece so far, I look forward to the continuation. This has added depth to my knowledge of the shop by allowing me a view of some of the amazing people that proudly work there.
I CANNOT thank you enough for the content, information and joy the craft brings to any walk of life that sets interest in it. Also I can’t deny I love the japanese language but I can’t understand it. Gracias David and crew!
It must the best day of the year because a David bull video and a Crafsman video released within minutes of each other on the same random weekday!
Suga-san, thank you so much for showing how to make hakobi. It is a wonderful video. Thank you
The comment at the start “prints that will outlast our lifetime” is so true.. I but feel now, maybe more so, these videos will add even greater and yet unseen value to this work. As someone essentially taught from these videos I can speak from experience that this will benefit many many people for years to come and will be a great factor in the perseverance of this craft. Thank you guys!
Very comforting. Thank you Suga-san for all your hard work!
This is so facinating. Getting to meet and learn from the wonderful and talented craftspeople is a real treat.
Shout out to Suga-San and the rest of your awesome team Dave for being just so amazing, seriously the work you all produce and the time that goes into it always blows me away! Hope you are all well and safe
Thank you for the knowledge. I don't have access to bamboo sheaths but I improvised with palm leaves and corn husks. Both worked very well. Thanks.
I just received a birthday present in the mail yesterday from my husband..."Evening Snow-Eight Views of Cats" I LOVE it. Exquisite! Thanks to David Bull (the Carver) and thanks to the designer Randall Hall and Printer Chiharu Kawai. Thank you all. I can't wait for more of this series. We love this channel.
You are the best David, love your videos!
See now I need one of these prints in my life. They're beautiful.
This video has great editing and a nice production. I think it also works really well as a Japanese language listening exercise! Suga-san speaks clearly and the subtitles are very informative. I'm going to recommend this video to my friends who are learning Japanese as well!
David we seriously NEED more videos from you!! we miss seeing you as often as we used to.
Dave glad to see you are doing well can’t wait to see you again!
I re-watched this while I brushed my teeth and washed my face to get ready for bed. So relaxing I think I’ll sleep nice 🌛good nite!
Love this. I know after i'm done making my chisels, I'm going to try this. I was thinking since I am in Canada I might be able to emulate this but with local plants like nettle. I am getting close to starting my first print. I just have to put some finishing touches on my second chisel. Thank you David for the great content.
Interesting, Maybe I should make some diy tools too..
Great that Suga-san herself is doing the talking in this video and very good for my Japanese!
What a GREAT video ... the staff getting involved in different aspects of YT production and content .. FABULOUS :) :)
The video was education, interesting, gentle & charming - a rare combination.
Cameron and Suga-san, thank you so much. This is going to be an aweseom series.
Amazing video thank you 💟 very well explained and nicely put together
Nice to see Suga-san appearing onscreen to host a new installment series of the Mokuhankan channel (granted we do see her occasionally on their Twitch streams). Also loving the calming vibe this video is giving; it really reminds me of those times when I'd flip TV channels around during midnight and then somehow stumble mini documentaries showing people making handicrafts or tools the traditional way.
Superb David is an incredible enthusiast and communicator. Great people working there all together. :-)
A craft is truly art when you actually make the tools for it.
Hey babe wake up, new David Bull video just dropped
Invaluable video. Well done Suga-san!
Hello David. Thank you for your inspiring work
this is so interesting to see them made, they look like little broomsticks
Somewhere out there, there's a young Canadian aspiring woodblock maker who is going to have a much easier time learning his craft than you did. All thanks to you David! Keep preserving traditional art!
These could've become a lost tradition one day, but it's now immortalized.
I find it really cool that we are seeing more of the Mokuhankan staff!
I am so looking forward to trying this technique. Thank you for sharing with us!
Great content!
Hope to see another video in the veins of 'the meaning of life' again!
Suga さん did an excellent job. Those type knots are also used by sailors to whip the end of a line to keep it from fraying.
I just learnt an amazing friction locked no-knot tying technique! I’m so happy!
Arigato Suga-san! 🙏🏻
I love this woman's voice😊😊 so beautiful I could listen to her speak all day
Wonderful, I love seeing an artist work on their tools.
This channel is just so beautiful 😍
I will miss Asakusa and your shop.... 😢
Legit more content like this is great. It's short yet super informative on a tool I'd otherwise know nothing about. Not saying to replace the other content you post with this, but this was great.
so cool!! i can't wait to see more in this series
Love this! Thanks for bringing this new series to us. 🪵
I just read the latest email update and can't wait to get into this set of episodes!!!
I love how informative this is! I would love to learn the whole process from carving to how to choose pigments and more!
this is amazing ! thank you so much to showing the process !!! i can’t wait for the next videos :^)
This in itself is an art.
I think I'll try something like this with my nieces. Making your own brushes I mean.
I need to look for the right materials here, but I think I'll find them, even just with trial and error.And many thanks for the step-by-step at the end.
*NEW DAVE BULL VIDEO!!!!*
Thank you for the detailed explanation!
Loving the video quality and production!! Great work guys, always improving :)
Imagine generations of Japanese printmakers going to such lengths to keep the trade secret only to end up in youtube!
Welcome Back Dave!!
Thanks for the lovely video. I'd love to see future explainers focussing on dye, how it's made and mixed, why it lasts so long
Oh, so The Bull is BACK back!! I’m so happy! 😭😭😭
endlessly interesting. It's a shame this isn't promoted more
Waaaat, woke up in the middle of the night to find this blessing of a notification on the phone
I’m so excited can’t wait to watch!!
So cool!
Love you David cheers from Italy
Will be interesting see how to make a Baren with other materials, like we will find at home 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for this video, it's awesome!!!
Great video. I really enjoyed it
That's awesome!
3:06 intrigued by the yosegi box
This was very interesting!
Is the kenzan considered the "standard" tool for that purpose or was it an example of the kinds of tools that might be used instead of the older ones?
I understand (currently active) printer Kubota Kenichi came up with this one; at least that what I hear from Suga-san, who learned from him ...
This is really interesting!
Excellent
hello hello hope you’re having a good ol day david
ありがとう
Thank you for the clearly presented information. I also like that you added a bit of sound to the photo sequence at the end. If there is dead silence I would wonder if I am missing something. :)
saw this and clicked immediately
I love this
Very interesting video. I would surely try it out, but for the small problem that there are no such bamboo sheath available here in the high north....
New series weehoo
oh my god im looking foreward to the baren video
THE BULL IS BACK
Thank you to all at Mokuhankan for keeping me sane through the pandemic.
I would love to try to make one of these ( just as an experimental tool ) - but does anyone know of a possible substitute for bamboo sheath that might be found growing in Europe?
interesting to see how this is done. would this technique work with other grass-like leaves, or reeds?
Awesome! I am looking forward to more videos of this type of content also. :D I agree with some of the others that mentioned finding a way to have this archived elsewhere. There are other online video services like bitchute that it could also be uploaded too in order to help make sure that the videos last. :)
Merci
Given the cultural and historical importance of preserving and documenting these processes, can you get these videos into appropriate archives beyond TH-cam?
Seconded! It's really great that you are making these instructional videos. Preserving these techniques for the future is very important.
Suga = SUGOI!
We miss you Suga San! Do you both still keep in touch?.
I hope you're in good health, David.
He is he streamed yesterday super busy but he looked great
I would totally make this but I live in a desert that snows
cool
Ok. I’m not sleeping yet.
The loop pull to tie it in place is also a macrame knot...but I'm sure this technique was the first and macrame 'borrowed' it 🙂
Fly tying ... making oboe and bassoon reeds ... lots of places use the 'through the loop and pull it tight' technique ...
@@seseragistudio my goodness Dave, you're a wealth of knowledge 🙂
I remember watching oboist Jerry Domer work on a reed (this was many decades back), and while chatting with us, mentioning that he also tied flies the same way. I myself have neither made reeds, nor fished for flies!
@@seseragistudio well now I'm wondering who did it first! 😆
in knot tying it's used to keep ropes from fraying, it's called whipping and I've seen this way called eastern whipping and a similar way but the ends wind up in the middle of the wrappings called western whipping
Not to be rude, bc this video was fine and all, but when I saw a new upload I was hoping for a David’s Choice or even an update video 🥺
In preparation ... But please do keep in mind that we are going to try to keep a good variety of content here on the channel ...
@@seseragistudio totally fair. I appreciate it all, regardless!
Would be so funny if at the beginning of the video Suga-san would have went to the freezer and Dave would have forgotten to put the paper out 😂😉
Funny for _you_ maybe ... not so much fun for me!
@@seseragistudio I can only imagine xD You would also have to license the Benny Hill theme for that chasing scene 🤭 Even though you'd probably appreciate some sax music haha 😄
Not to bash on the craft but this seems like a hell of a lot of work for some simple brushes. Traditions are one thing but work/time efficiency should be top priority. Nothing wrong with more modern equipment. If you don't care about profit then use traditional but if im waiting over a year for some of these prints I'm gonna want my money back. Especially if I'm paying close too $100 Canadian.
I’m not quite sure what the issue is here. A pleasant afternoon’s work can supply the printer with enough brushes for a year or so. Brushes that _perfectly_ suit the job, better than any that we can buy. What are the hours of your life _for_ , if not for things like this?
And as for the ‘money back’, none of the people on our various waiting lists have been asked to pay in advance. Thats not how we roll.
🙂