I should explain that better. What they did, starting hundreds of years ago, was to carve images into wood blocks, and then they would apply various inks, and finally they'd press ricepaper against the blocks, to make an image. For each different color, they had a slightly different block, and the colors of the images could be built up. Say that, you and your family, in the Edo period, wanted to visit the "big city"; what you'd want is a souvenir, and you'd go to a little stand, and the guy would have these sheets of paper drying, and you'd buy one and take it home. The very first post cards, see? And the first copy machine, to stretch the analogy. Anyhow, I found this artform still exists in Japan, and I had one made. The frame and mattes are of my own design.
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