Covers of old Japanese fairy tale books printed by Hasegawa on traditional textured crepe washi paper (chirimen-gami) translated into English & French.

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Learn more about these books on Tokyo-based woodblock printmaker David Bull's YouTube channel: (I did video and photography for this video)

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Size: 5584px × 4005px
Location: Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Photo credit: © Cameron Hilker / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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