Kyoko Hirai - Close Up: Four Traditional Mokuhanga Printing Techniques

In this closeup view of Kyoko Hirai's demonstration, she shows a variety of techniques based on works of ukiyo-e, from among the basics of bokashi and extending to unmozuri, kinpakuzuri and ukashizuri.

1. Bokashi (kata bokashi, atenashi bokashi)
2. Mica printing (unmozuri)
3. Gold leaf printing (kinpakuzuri/kinpakumaki)
4. Floating print (ukashizuri)

Kyoko Hirai graduated from Kyoto Seika University (printmaking) in 1996. In 1998, she studied under Keizo Sato, master printer of Sato Mokuhanga Studio in Kyoto. In 2011–2014, she traveled to Thailand, Myanmar and the U.S. to hold demonstrations under the aegis of the Japan Foundation. Hirai became certified as a Kyoto Young Craftsman in 2014. In 2015, she participated in IMPACT9 in Hangzhou. Hirai ran demonstrations and workshops and lectured on ukiyo-e at the exhibition Japanese printmaking – Woodblock and Japanese Paper at Hong Kong Open Printshop in 2016, in addition to teaching at art colleges and high schools.

Since 2011, the International Mokuhanga Conference has been held every three years (Kyoto, Tokyo and Honolulu/Holualoa) at venues where the possibilities of traditional Japanese woodblock techniques can be explored among artists and adapted to new modes of representation. The 2017 conference was held at the East-West Center and University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa Art Building before moving over the Big Island of Hawaiʻi where the Donkey Mill Art Center provided space in Holualoa.

Видео Kyoko Hirai - Close Up: Four Traditional Mokuhanga Printing Techniques канала 2017 IMC Hawaii