Woodblock printmaking has been a very common hobby for people in Japan for well over a hundred years now. Many community centres and recreation facilities play host to a printmaking 'circle', and the total number of hobby printmakers in the country must be well into the tens of thousands.

We can't show you all their work, but as this Encyclopedia grows, we will continue to add to this corner, with a selection of interesting and attractive prints ...


... please make a selection from the list on the left ...