Mokuhankan - Introducing Hirokazu Tetsui

Hirokazu Tetsui

Born in Tokyo into a printing family (his father has been a woodblock printer all his life), Hirokazu has been a member of the professional craftsmen's association since 2007.

In addition to his contributions to the family workshop, Tetsui-san does demonstrations at exhibitions, and in November of 2009 was sent by the Culture Ministry to perform demonstrations and promote traditional woodblock printmaking at a 'Russia-Japan Friendship Society' exhibition in St. Petersburg.

He is determined to play an active part in the traditional printmaking field, where the lack of successors is a matter of great concern to all who love this art.


	Hirokazu Tetsui Born in Tokyo into a printing family (his father has been a woodblock printer all his life), Hirokazu has been a member of the professional craftsmen's association since 2007. In addition to his contributions to the family workshop, Tetsui-san does demonstrations at exhibitions, and in November of 2009 was sent by the Culture Ministry to perform demonstrations and promote traditional woodblock printmaking at a 'Russia-Japan Friendship Society' exhibition in St. Petersburg. He is determined to play an active part in the traditional printmaking field, where the lack of successors is a matter of great concern to all who love this art.