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Without the use of paper there would be no mokuhanga. Washi has played an indelible position in the world of the Japanese print. Many artists in mokuhanga use washi for their prints and as The Unfinished Print is a podcast dedicated to the workings of mokuhanga I felt it was necessary to interview an expert in all things washi. Nancy Jacobi has worked tirelessly in promoting the use of washi in her life through her company and store The Japanese Paper Place, here in Toronto. She has lectured on the subject, as well as educated many about the possibilities of washi. In this episode of The Unfinished Print Nancy helps me understand how important washi is to many artists, its history, and how it needs to be saved.

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The Japanese Paper Place

Echizen washi

Iwami UNESCO paper

Ogawa Hosokawa UNESCO

kozo paper - this video I found on YouTube is a great mini doc of the intensive paper making process. Rembrandt (1606-1669) - washiarts.com have written on Rembrandt's use of Japanese paper. Inuit printmaking - The Inuit are an Arctic group of indigenous peoples located in Canada, Greenland, and the US state of Alaska. They have a tradition of printmaking beginning in the 1950's, as introduced by administrator John A. Houston (1921-2005),who according to The Canadian Encyclopedia, studied in Japan for a few months under print artist Un'ichi Hiratsuka (1895-1997) Today, there is a rich history of printmaking from the Inuit people. Mitsumata paper

Timothy Barrett is a printmaker and paper maker from the US who was interviewed on the Paper Talk Podcast

Dutch trade with Japan as found on a multi part website dedicated to the Netherlands/Japan exchange

Japonisme - a great essay found in the MET website

The Ontario College of Art is located in downtown Toronto near the Art Gallery of Ontario. With a long history of artists and art OCAD continues to teach art in Toronto.

The Bookbinders Guild of Toronto

chiyogami paper is a patterned paper for decoration and art