Japanese Woodworking Techniques & Skills

Woodworking Techniques Of Japanese Carpenter Skills

How does a Japanese handscroll make it from the conservation lab into the galleries? Here’s a peek at just a few of the steps in preparing this 19th-century drawing of a snake—which might be by one of Hokusai’s students—for display in our exhibition “Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence.” The process, carried out by @mfaconservation’s Tatsuya Yamauchi, Higashiyama Kaii Conservator of Japanese Paintings, took a year to complete! For nine months, the drawing dried under tension while adhered to a ka

Beautiful painting

Meet the artist who combined Western-style painting with Japanese wood-block prints. Hiroshi Yoshida began his career as a painter. He travelled widely at the beginning of his career, seeking inspiration from across the world. After visiting the United States in 1923, he realised that there was a huge market for Japanese prints. He opened his own print studio inside his house, creating a richly coloured series of prints based on his watercolour paintings that were inspired by his visit to the U.