16" x 22" Yamaguchi hosho paper being printed by hand using traditional Japanese techniques during August, 2003.

 

16" x 22" paper after printing the 4th of 26 blocks

 

After printing 7 of 26 blocks

 

After printing 10 of 26 blocks

 

After printing 14 of 26 blocks -- I've stepped a bit too dark and now have to consider reducing the number of blocks to actually print... The darkest areas are still blue, but there aren't many similar increments left before I'll be printing dead black.

 

After 17 blocks. Sorry, but it's difficult to see the changes from fourteen blocks as the darks are pretty deep now. I think I'm going to quit now... The print has not improved very much since the printing of the 14th block above, and I don't think further layers will enhance the image... So I'll dry the papers and eventually add a seal or two somewhere...

Here's a detail which has been slightly lightened in order to show a bit more detail in the dark areas... This detail is about 12 inches wide.

The block in its 7th state

The 'plan'