Linocut - A Rare Ainu Linocut from a Bygone Era

"A Bygone era" features a narrow guage forestry locomotive as it charges through the deciduous forests of Hokkaido.

Young Ainu printmakers have painstakingly carved contours and textures on a humble block of linoleum to simulate local scenery surrounding Lake Shikotusu. Japanese linocut tools require more skill to handle and are typically only used by advanced artists in the West

Limited edition. Professionally framed and ready to hang.

Dimensions: 24.5cm width, 20cm height

Product Story

"Konichiwa", the staff behind the desk at Aomori's ferry terminal greet us with typical Japanese alacrity. It's 7 a.m. and we feel utterly exhausted. Having driven over 700km from Tokyo's Narita airport over the past couple of days to make it this far, it is perhaps inevitable.

• Read about the landscape that inspires these linocuts