Motoharu Asaka is a Master Woodblock Carver in the 400-yearold

Japanese ukiyo-e tradition. He has more than 45 years

experience, including commissions from national museums and

leading contemporary artists. During this evening’s event we

will be able to inspect a selection of Motoharu’s work. His

assistant and translator Louise Rouse will also introduce a tenminute

video that she has been making about the papermakers of Echizen,

in Japan’s Fukui Prefecture

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