Since its founding period, the woodblock printing technique has been an important identity of Haibara.
Since Haibara��s typical items, including the money envelopes and letter papers, are used to represent the feeling of congratulations and compassion, many people were pleased with the vivid colors and deep shades of the woodblock prints.
Through this woodblock print artwork project, we would like to achieve our founding aspirations.
While using the traditional carving and printing techniques, we pursued attention to detail, such as adjusting the color saturation.
The paper we use is called ��Echizen Kizuki Hosho�� , which is produced in Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture, and is made by hand using 100% paper mulberry tree without using wood pulp.
Paper mulberry tree is characterized by thicker and longer fibers than other Japanese paper raw materials such as gampi and mitsumata.
For woodblock prints, the process of rubbing colors from printing block to paper with a printing tool called baren�� is repeated many times.
Soft papers made from paper mulberry are easy to rub with baren, at the same time havinhaving the strength that can withstand overprinting.
��Hosho�� had been used for writing official documents from the Warning State Period (1467~).
Especially, the Hosho produced in Echizen was considered to be the best quality in Japan and had received the generous patronage of authorities.
Even now, Echizen Hosho still plays the role of the best woodblock print paper.
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The woodblock used for this artwork is made from the wild mountain cherry tree.
Wild mountain cherry wood has a fine grain, can minimize bending, and traditionally used for carving and printing.
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