Ukiyo-e woodblock printmaking with Keizaburo Matsuzaki

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  • Опубликовано: 22 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 254

  • @alasanof
    @alasanof 9 лет назад +391

    It's interesting to see the modern highway with cars moving along in the background while watching a slow and traditional art form.

    • @thewidow7864
      @thewidow7864 6 лет назад +2

      With koto music

    • @johnny_boi5456
      @johnny_boi5456 4 года назад +8

      The juxtaposition really makes this more impactful

    • @UnclePutte
      @UnclePutte 9 месяцев назад

      And this was blistering speed of printing only a scant few generations ago.

  • @kosmoswielki1199
    @kosmoswielki1199 7 месяцев назад +12

    i have seen this video 12 years ago when started graphic dept studying… i am still in awe. the precision… no mess… calm moves.. watching a master is something else! ❤✨🌸

  • @2kungfukittens
    @2kungfukittens 8 лет назад +250

    That level of accuracy is truly astounding.

    • @AyahuascaSage
      @AyahuascaSage 8 лет назад +10

      Chubby Buddha Yeah and it seems like he knows exactly where to put the painting and without any sort of visual guide from what I can see. Pretty incredible.

    • @bluchismoon
      @bluchismoon 7 лет назад +14

      AyahuascaSage if you notice, he always places one corner of the paper down first, that's where his guidelines are. he is measuring, you just don't realize it.

    • @piholino
      @piholino 6 лет назад +1

      There are markers at edges of blocks.

  • @colvinbrothers
    @colvinbrothers 11 лет назад +77

    what amazes me is the ability to keep his hands free of ink!

  • @pheenix42
    @pheenix42 5 лет назад +42

    As someone who worked in the printing industry for a while, I can understand the skill necessary to get the colors to register correctly with hand tools. Let's hope this never dies out.

  • @jnsurg947
    @jnsurg947 10 лет назад +147

    Extreme accuracy in printing. He made it effortlessly. A real master.
    Koto music is " autumn wind".

  • @phooyone829
    @phooyone829 5 лет назад +378

    I can’t even stick the screen protector on my phone

    • @stevefarr5765
      @stevefarr5765 5 лет назад +1

      Lol.

    • @yosuketanaka113
      @yosuketanaka113 5 лет назад +3

      That's why the Japanese created the animation paper with holes lol

    • @23PowerL
      @23PowerL 4 года назад +2

      There are grooves at the bottom of each block where he slots the paper in.

    • @andgalactus1
      @andgalactus1 4 года назад

      @@23PowerL He doesn't always do that if you'll notice though. Some of the details he puts in after are on the same block he used earlier but he moves the paper to get a different part covered. Oh wait it looks like there are several slots even on one wood block.

    • @PeterKNoone
      @PeterKNoone 3 года назад

      This is so true.....you are a zen master.

  • @oscartravis5740
    @oscartravis5740 6 лет назад +20

    I've loved Japanese prints for years now, but to gain an insight into how the early masters like Utamaro made their works is something else, really brought me in close, thank you

  • @rosewatersaffron8430
    @rosewatersaffron8430 9 лет назад +29

    I learned a lot about this art in university and got fascinated. Amazing to see how it is actually done. The amount of skill!

  • @danjf1
    @danjf1 6 лет назад +8

    A painstaking but vibrant way to produce art. one mistake or slip at any stage and its scrap paper. Much talent to carve the more complex Ukiyo-e pieces. Now that I understand the process have a lot of respect for the Edo period artists and those that continue in this style today

  • @ceceliahayslip56
    @ceceliahayslip56 4 года назад +9

    So wonderful to see the gentleman truly enjoys his craft. Love his smile at the end of the video. Such a beautiful print, amazed to see how precise the completed print is and yet the ease at which the gentleman works...such a seemingly effortless flow.

  • @YosinoOminae
    @YosinoOminae 10 лет назад +23

    日本人だけど、浮世絵を刷るのは初めて見て感動しました。
    元の絵を描いた人もすごいけど、絵を刷る人、版画を彫る人にも、こんなにすごい技術が要求されるとは思いませんでした。

    • @grumblekin
      @grumblekin 7 лет назад +1

      さすがに匠の元は人間の心ですね。。。

    • @adamwest8711
      @adamwest8711 5 лет назад

      日本語を話せたらいいなと思います。悲しいことに、私には欲望だけがあり、時間はありません。

  • @neuzd
    @neuzd 10 лет назад +12

    I started watching the video for the printing, but then got entranced by the koto playing. Thanks for writing the music credits at the end of the video.

  • @BiologicalClock
    @BiologicalClock 12 лет назад +10

    As someone who has some experience with woodcuts, I couldn't agree more. I find the inking process to be more nerve-wracking than cutting, as just one tiny misstep (not laying down enough ink, the block or paper shifting during the printing process, etc.) can ruin a print. Ukiyo-e takes great artistry, not only in making numerous woodblocks that all must fit together perfectly when printing, but also in applying the colors and the printing itself. It's absolutely astounding to me.

  • @Dragon359
    @Dragon359 4 месяца назад

    That looks like a lot of work, but man does it look really rewarding

  • @aarohanpunj
    @aarohanpunj Год назад

    Omg! The accuracy....🤯
    👏👏👏👏Hats off to you yaar....👏👏👏👏

  • @nakinilerak
    @nakinilerak 12 лет назад +1

    thank you thank you thank you
    This is a tonic to the soul. The expression on the faces, both of the audience and of the master, said it all.

  • @Nicopilo
    @Nicopilo Месяц назад

    40代ですが小学生の時、図工の授業で版画をやりました。彫りから刷りまでとても楽しかったし完成した時感動しました。今も版画の授業はあるのかな?

  • @Kokujin21
    @Kokujin21 10 лет назад

    My woodblock prints came out all right, but they never came out all beautifully lined up like that. I'm really impressed!

  • @avalkyrieskiss
    @avalkyrieskiss 13 лет назад +2

    I had NO idea of the work involved in this beautiful art form. Thank you!

  • @dieabolic
    @dieabolic 9 лет назад

    BEAUTIFUL is not the word, there is a loot to learn from this...

  • @AnwaarAlAsousi
    @AnwaarAlAsousi 2 года назад

    He’s a real master. I enjoyed watching the process so much.

  • @amykanemoto7941
    @amykanemoto7941 8 лет назад

    This is the best moku hanga video. Very authentic....shows all the details and the use of many blocks for just one print.

  • @kelpiemare7522
    @kelpiemare7522 5 лет назад +1

    It is an amazing chance to see the "process" and definite artistry of the printer. It gives a whole new way of actually viewing the historic prints...and combined artistry. "Simply" beautiful. Thank you.

  • @ayseerensunkitay6603
    @ayseerensunkitay6603 Год назад

    Büyük dikkat ve sabır gerektiren bir sanat, yapabilmeyi isterdim. Tebrikler.

  • @cdfegab
    @cdfegab 11 лет назад +3

    omg processing ink is probably the hardest thing in the world!!!!! how can he do it so perfectly!!!!! i now down to those skills!!!!!!!!

  • @TheIrishAnge
    @TheIrishAnge 3 года назад +1

    Superb craftsmanship, thanks for uploading 👍🏻

  • @pattercakesuk
    @pattercakesuk 12 лет назад

    Inspiring to watch someone create a piece of art so peacefully. Japanese Zen.

  • @zbeebe10
    @zbeebe10 10 лет назад +9

    He looks so neat and comfortable. So cool

  • @Konekodesune
    @Konekodesune 11 лет назад +2

    WOOOOW!!! I had no idea so much went into each work, I feel so silly now that I see what all the fuss is about. Thanks, Internet!

  • @arturdornellesferreira
    @arturdornellesferreira 5 лет назад +10

    man... carving such fine lines is a real nightmare to me and my classmates, i study art and whenever i set myself to make a very delicate woodblock with black and fine lines i have a really tough time, the way these artists do it so effortlessly make it seems almost easy

  • @salvatoreIII
    @salvatoreIII Год назад

    I've been curious exactly how these are made for a long time. Thanks for sharing!

  • @brutus8123
    @brutus8123 6 лет назад

    That’s beautiful. Amazed at how quickly he registers the paper.

  • @Beautiful_Sacred_Land
    @Beautiful_Sacred_Land 12 лет назад

    a master printer if ever there was - all his movements flowed

  • @sancami2519
    @sancami2519 4 года назад +1

    It caught me off guard watching him start with the black linework, when doing reduction woodblocks I was taught to go from highest value to the lowest. Impressive mastery of the medium.

  • @mh167434
    @mh167434 9 лет назад +1

    I keep watching this 24/7 this is very amazing work.

  • @pawangrewal8451
    @pawangrewal8451 7 лет назад

    Hats off the artist in the video ....👍👍

  • @Helen_kittycat_crafts
    @Helen_kittycat_crafts 7 месяцев назад

    absolutely beautiful and such skill x

  • @ustoeurtoustoeur
    @ustoeurtoustoeur 12 лет назад +9

    i can appreciate it now, after i saw someone in real life do it

  • @Cogouartandcraft
    @Cogouartandcraft 5 месяцев назад +1

    Nice video 🎉🎉.i learn something new from this ❤❤

  • @Hann5a
    @Hann5a 13 лет назад +1

    This is inspiring! What a very talented man! i want to do something like this for my art word at school but i don't have nearly enough talent ot do anything like that. Very impressed.

  • @john12638
    @john12638 10 лет назад

    Traditional art works contains tecknique, intensity, concentration.modesty.

  • @Pandozine
    @Pandozine 10 лет назад

    Maravilloso vídeo para comprender el grabado japonés. De lo mejor de RUclips!

  • @crisaperez7600
    @crisaperez7600 4 года назад

    WOW.. so amazing artwork!

  • @MrElicsan
    @MrElicsan 12 лет назад +3

    It's just amazing the know how of this old man (a japanese national tresory)

  • @paulnaessens1698
    @paulnaessens1698 7 лет назад

    Astounding skill and refinement.

  • @SmithColaco
    @SmithColaco 6 лет назад

    So slow and meticulous...such beautiful art 💜

  • @dzunku1
    @dzunku1 10 лет назад +130

    Ukiyo-e was not art back then. These were mass produced poster-like craft for common people. Publisher coordinated painter, carver, and printer to produce and sold them at stores. Though carver and printer, such as this man, were required to be highly skilled, only painter's name was used to market.
    This process division was commonly seen in craft and art production in old days in Japan. Swords were produced by steel makers, sword smiths, and grinders for example.

    • @Plxzguy
      @Plxzguy 9 лет назад +9

      づんく Dzunku it's still art regardless

    • @h4n5i
      @h4n5i 9 лет назад +14

      づんく Dzunku it is a nice example of predating graphic design, even though all three of them did unique work beeing worthy the title artist, their clever colaboration made it possible to produce art for the masses, also called graphic design. they are a great example for explaining the mere difference between design and art, also it must've inspired german design academy Bauhaus, where colaboration of different arts is a must. publisher gave the things needed and the mere idea, artist painted it carver carved the painting as negative and printer printed it on paper and for every layer the circle repeats. since it was sold as art it had the stamp from the artist.

    • @andgalactus1
      @andgalactus1 4 года назад +1

      I knew they were mass produced but I guess I never thought about them starting life as paintings.

    • @andgalactus1
      @andgalactus1 4 года назад

      @Tass Coracas why do you type in XANAX?

  • @alpacasun5054
    @alpacasun5054 10 лет назад +17

    Ukiyo-e productions, painter, carver, printer, was an independent work. .

  • @buckslearningcooperative2082
    @buckslearningcooperative2082 5 лет назад

    Breathtaking beauty! Thank you!

  • @huxtiblejones
    @huxtiblejones 12 лет назад +1

    There's artistry in both ends of the production. 'Talent' is the wrong word, what you're seeing here is skill. You have to work very quickly with prints for them to turn out correctly, and then you have to consider that he has to get 17 colors printed consecutively with no room for error... and that's just a single print. The printer is responsible for producing the delicate fade of color you see in this art style, so the color and texture is almost solely dependent on the printer.

  • @juanjoselopezpuccio
    @juanjoselopezpuccio 13 лет назад

    sin prensa y registra medio a ojo...un maestro!

  • @mikehamelin7520
    @mikehamelin7520 3 года назад

    reminds me of gravestone rubbing. interesting process.

  • @rebeccabranquinha
    @rebeccabranquinha 5 лет назад +1

    Magical!!! Thanks for sharing! ❤️

  • @onigiri_rice2923
    @onigiri_rice2923 3 года назад

    the one who carved the characters. wow

  • @livingsouljourney312
    @livingsouljourney312 12 лет назад +1

    this takes an amazing amount of patience !

  • @josefinajaime4550
    @josefinajaime4550 2 месяца назад

    How beatiful!

  • @davidspielmannn
    @davidspielmannn 3 года назад

    He applies the black after he has already applied the gold in the dress. How does not the gold completely dissapear after a black ink is put all over it?
    Also the mastery of really not spilling any colour into one another parts of the drawing is utterly fascinating.

  • @panInuzuka
    @panInuzuka 12 лет назад +1

    bravissimo, bravissimo, ti stimo davvero molto *si inchina* anche io a scuola faccio cose simili anche se non giapponesi, quanto vorrei imparare la loro arte, io amo il Giappone ^^

  • @solsdadio
    @solsdadio 5 лет назад +1

    At one o clock in the morning, heading to bed for an early start I almost blew a raspberry’s at this without watching.........beauty and sanity,
    thank you.

  • @mefilipem
    @mefilipem 2 года назад

    very interesting and beautiful to see!

  • @luke-the-animator
    @luke-the-animator 10 лет назад +5

    I would love to be able to do this in the future, if only I had access to the materials.

  • @rishikhanna1489
    @rishikhanna1489 8 месяцев назад

    Kirei, Its very beautiful

  • @TMillerm16
    @TMillerm16 2 года назад +1

    I would love to go there and learn how to do it.

  • @merkitten
    @merkitten 12 лет назад +2

    Damn impressive; he's so precise!

  • @Karmatattooerie
    @Karmatattooerie 11 лет назад +1

    SPECTACULAR! IM SPEACHLESS!

  • @claudiasanchez9388
    @claudiasanchez9388 Год назад +1

    Cómo saber colocar el papel de manera tan correcta para que los ojos y los contornos no se corran ni un milímetro. Que maravilla.

  • @tzbass
    @tzbass 2 года назад

    Wow!!! What a skills!!!

  • @s.bujinkan8701
    @s.bujinkan8701 3 года назад +1

    Wunderschöne Bilder und eine großartige Kunstform. Kann mir jemand sagen wo ich Bilder in Europa kaufen kann?

  • @veronicafierro7673
    @veronicafierro7673 4 года назад

    Awesome love your work!!!!

  • @jordangroff8978
    @jordangroff8978 6 лет назад +45

    This is the guy that taught David Bull!

    • @Vishvesh0360
      @Vishvesh0360 5 лет назад +1

      Who is David bull??
      Dear.

    • @Rac00n
      @Rac00n 5 лет назад +3

      @@Vishvesh0360 ruclips.net/user/seseragistudio
      Check him out if you find this interesting. I love his videos and he is the reason why I actually started making these (I'm still pretty bad though)

  • @hangzhou1973
    @hangzhou1973 11 лет назад +6

    Absolutely amazing! Does anyone know what kind of inks he uses?

  • @fitrianhidayat
    @fitrianhidayat 6 лет назад +1

    Is that one woodblock per colours? How could he carved them so precisely in different woodblocks??

  • @dihanlin231
    @dihanlin231 4 года назад

    this is truly amazing

  • @Genevieveluner
    @Genevieveluner 7 лет назад

    wonderful, tears in my eyes when im watching it...

  • @agustinacaruso
    @agustinacaruso 8 лет назад +1

    Maravilloso. Cuanto oficio y paciencia. ¡Gracias!

  • @aartitiwari3881
    @aartitiwari3881 6 лет назад

    amazing painting

  • @nicolasoliveros1258
    @nicolasoliveros1258 5 лет назад

    Thanks a million for sharing this video.

  • @Nancy-tr5fi
    @Nancy-tr5fi Год назад

    So beautiful, thank you

  • @stephanieanneaustin2463
    @stephanieanneaustin2463 4 года назад

    I thought that was so awesome. Thank you

  • @ustoeurtoustoeur
    @ustoeurtoustoeur 12 лет назад

    how much talent is needed to do what he is doing? the real talent, in my opinion, is the artist who carved out all the lines

  • @francoleonel1918
    @francoleonel1918 2 года назад

    Hello, greetings from Argentina... I love your videos, but I have a question about paints/pigments, I don't know what they are or how they are made. I am interested in more information. Thank you

  • @jcwt_pdx
    @jcwt_pdx Год назад

    Beautiful 😍

  • @accesskb
    @accesskb 11 лет назад

    tell me about it.. and the print turns out so clean and crisp.. mine would've turned into a messy piece of paper dripping with color xD

  • @sadieavila9120
    @sadieavila9120 4 года назад

    this is amazing!

  • @funkybear3
    @funkybear3 12 лет назад +1

    wow this is true beauty

  • @-GRAVESITE-
    @-GRAVESITE- 3 года назад

    He kind of makes it look easier than using 19th century printing presses.

  • @chronicfish
    @chronicfish 7 лет назад +16

    where are the registration marks????? how is he doing that?

    • @goilo888
      @goilo888 5 лет назад +9

      The registration marks are cut into each block. You can clearly see him putting the corner of each sheet first into the corner on his lower right, then that edge is lowered down into one more cut mark in the middle of that same edge. That's it. Two registration marks.

  • @robertsas9001
    @robertsas9001 4 года назад

    Would love to have a print like that

  • @lamdanghoang4170
    @lamdanghoang4170 10 лет назад

    Kaede No Hana (Acer blossoms) by Aiko Hasegawa is the closest I could find in Spotify but I don't feel as sad as this song!!!

  • @hiimlin
    @hiimlin 11 лет назад +7

    ; _ ; they make it look so easy

  • @xVinceCx
    @xVinceCx 11 лет назад +1

    I see the Consortium of People Who Make Sure Every Video Gets a Dislike Vote have been here. This was great and nothing less.

  • @CatspitProductions
    @CatspitProductions 11 лет назад

    Very cool video. What an amazing process. I wish I had more time to enjoy some personal fine art printing. Even with screen printing I can make some cool stuff ;) ☠

  • @domytar5395
    @domytar5395 9 месяцев назад

    Hello anybody know what this type of instrument this is.
    And what style of music is it thanks also great prints man.

    • @ArtGalleryofNSW
      @ArtGalleryofNSW  8 месяцев назад

      The instrument is called a koto and the style of music is danmono which are solo koto compositions

  • @horaciopietri4080
    @horaciopietri4080 6 лет назад

    The art of patience...

  • @Carlo1973
    @Carlo1973 Год назад

    Beautiful

  • @imaginD_Kids
    @imaginD_Kids 6 лет назад

    Beautiful work. Do you take custom orders for creating blocks? We have some intricate animal designs and are looking for a skilled person to custom carve blocks for us. They will be used for fabric printing. Please let me know. Thank you.

  • @mh167434
    @mh167434 9 лет назад

    Awesome. What kind of equipment and materials did you use for woodblock printing?

  • @maucastillo
    @maucastillo 8 лет назад +3

    Qué pasión....qué hermosura.

    • @Vnowar
      @Vnowar 6 лет назад

      Impresionante

  • @budjoyandbird
    @budjoyandbird 13 лет назад

    very patient man...