What Is Mokuhanga? Mokuhanga is a traditional Japanese printmaking technique, famously used to create works like Hokusai’s The Great Wave of Kanagawa. The process involves carving wooden blocks for each layer, applying color, and pressing washi paper onto the surface to reveal the final image.

Why Do I Create Mokuhanga Prints? Mokuhanga is an art form that uses natural, fun-to-the-touch materials like paper, wood, and water-based pigments. Working with it helps me connect to Japanese culture and feel more grounded. It combines old traditions and new ideas, inviting artists everywhere, not only in Japan, to explore and play.