IMC 2024 Echizen submission

This print was produced as Suri's submission to the 2024 International Mokuhanga Conference, held in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture — a region whose [washi](/glossary/washi)-making tradition spans roughly 1,500 years and remains central to mokuhanga practice. The IMC, convened triennially by the International Mokuhanga Association, brings together practitioners of traditional Japanese woodblock printing for juried exhibitions and exchange. Submissions are typically executed in conventional technique: pigments mixed with rice paste (nori) and water, brushed onto cherry or katsura blocks and transferred to dampened washi by hand pressure with the [baren](/glossary/baren), often incorporating [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradations across registered layers. The work continues Suri's engagement with the form following her 2014 apprenticeship with Asaka Motoharu in Tokyo, during which she trained in the studio practices of a professional printer. Its inclusion in the Echizen IMC roster situates the print within a contemporary international community of artists working in mokuhanga outside Japan while maintaining direct lineage to traditional Japanese printmaking. The Echizen setting suggests the submission was printed on locally produced washi, aligning support material with the conference's regional context.