Japanese Print "Moon Reflections" by Yuichi Hasegawa
Artist:Yuichi Hasegawa
Title:Moon Reflections
Date:2001
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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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Hasegawa ranks among the most original and talented woodblock print artists active today. The famous woodblock artist Saito Kiyoshi (1907-97) taught Hasegawa the process of using only one carved block. Being raised in a family of lacquer craftsmen is said to have influenced both his decision to practice such a painstaking printing technique and to use such rich, lustrous colors. Hasegawa first strengthens the back of hand-made torinoko paper by rubbing it with a solution of kakishibu (persimmon tannin) which seeps through to the front of the sheet. Then he prints, and effaces, each of the colors, requiring as many