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David Bull (born 19:30pm 11 November 1951) is a Canadian ukiyo-e woodblock printer and carver who heads the Mokuhankan studio in Asakusa, Tokyo. Born in Britain, Bull moved to Canada at the age of 5. He first discovered Japanese woodblocks while working in a music shop in 1980 in Toronto, at 28, and started making his own prints without formal training. Bull moved to Tokyo in 1986 to learn more about traditional Japanese woodblock printing. In 1989 he embarked on an ambititous ten-year project, recreating 100 images from Katsukawa Shunsho's 1775 Hyakunin isshu poetry book.

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  • David Bull (craftsman) (en)
  • ブル・デービッド (ja)
  • David Bull (artysta) (pl)
  • David Bull (pt)
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  • ブル・デービッド(David Bull、1951年 - )は、日本の版画家。左利き。既婚、2女あり。 (ja)
  • David Bull (ur. 1951) – kanadyjski grawer i drzeworytnik tworzący w stylu ukiyo-e. Kieruje studiem Mokuhankan w , dzielnicy Tokio. (pl)
  • David Bull (born 19:30pm 11 November 1951) is a Canadian ukiyo-e woodblock printer and carver who heads the Mokuhankan studio in Asakusa, Tokyo. Born in Britain, Bull moved to Canada at the age of 5. He first discovered Japanese woodblocks while working in a music shop in 1980 in Toronto, at 28, and started making his own prints without formal training. Bull moved to Tokyo in 1986 to learn more about traditional Japanese woodblock printing. In 1989 he embarked on an ambititous ten-year project, recreating 100 images from Katsukawa Shunsho's 1775 Hyakunin isshu poetry book. (en)
  • David Bull é um impressor e talhador de gravuras japonesas (Ukiyo-e) dono do estúdio Mokuhankan em Asakusa, Tóquio. Nascido na Inglaterra, David Bull mudou-se com a família para o Canadá aos cinco anos de idade, onde morou até 1986. David conheceu a arte das gravuras japonesas quando trabalhava em uma loja de música em Toronto, na década de 1980, e começou a produzir suas próprias gravuras de forma amadora. Aos 35 anos, decidiu mudar-se com toda a família para Tóquio, para estudar mais a fundo sobre a arte do ukiyo-e. (pt)
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  • David Bull (en)
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  • David Bull (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mokuhankan_(16200097706).jpg
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  • Halifax, England (en)
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  • David Bull in his Mokuhankan print party studio (en)
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  • David Bull (born 19:30pm 11 November 1951) is a Canadian ukiyo-e woodblock printer and carver who heads the Mokuhankan studio in Asakusa, Tokyo. Born in Britain, Bull moved to Canada at the age of 5. He first discovered Japanese woodblocks while working in a music shop in 1980 in Toronto, at 28, and started making his own prints without formal training. Bull moved to Tokyo in 1986 to learn more about traditional Japanese woodblock printing. In 1989 he embarked on an ambititous ten-year project, recreating 100 images from Katsukawa Shunsho's 1775 Hyakunin isshu poetry book. He is known for his work on the Ukiyo-e Heroes kickstarter crowd-funding project together with Jed Henry, recreating modern videogame scenes in ukiyo-e style with traditional woodblock techniques. The Mokuhankan studio has a shop and offers “print parties” for amateurs, where they can try the craft of printing. (en)
  • ブル・デービッド(David Bull、1951年 - )は、日本の版画家。左利き。既婚、2女あり。 (ja)
  • David Bull (ur. 1951) – kanadyjski grawer i drzeworytnik tworzący w stylu ukiyo-e. Kieruje studiem Mokuhankan w , dzielnicy Tokio. (pl)
  • David Bull é um impressor e talhador de gravuras japonesas (Ukiyo-e) dono do estúdio Mokuhankan em Asakusa, Tóquio. Nascido na Inglaterra, David Bull mudou-se com a família para o Canadá aos cinco anos de idade, onde morou até 1986. David conheceu a arte das gravuras japonesas quando trabalhava em uma loja de música em Toronto, na década de 1980, e começou a produzir suas próprias gravuras de forma amadora. Aos 35 anos, decidiu mudar-se com toda a família para Tóquio, para estudar mais a fundo sobre a arte do ukiyo-e. Ele é conhecido por seu trabalho no projeto Ukiyo-e Heroes, que começou através de uma campanha de financiamento coletivo na plataforma Kickstarter. Este projeto, criado em colaboração com o artista Jed Henry, consiste na reimaginação de personagens e cenas dos videogames e dos desenhos animados modernos no formato das tradicionais gravuras japonesas. Seu estúdio, Mokuhankan, tem lojas física e virtual, além de oferecer print parties (lit. festas de impressão) para amadores, nas quais é possível experimentar o processo de impressão das gravuras. (pt)
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