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Workers produce ukiyo-e at a book publisher’s workshop in a scene from the series Ima yō mitate shinōkōshō shokunin by Utagawa Toyokuni Ⅲ. (Courtesy the Edo-Tokyo Museum Archives)
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Hanzō President Sakai Eiji was in his twenties when he left his job at a trading company and started publishing ukiyo-e. (© Nippon.com)
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From top: Katsushika Hokusai’s Mitsui Shop at Surugachō in Edo from his Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. (Courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art); Doraemon and friends inhabit the scene in Hanzō’s ukiyo-e. (Courtesy Hanzō; © Fujiko-Pro)
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From top: Hiroshige’s Hara print from his Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō. (Courtesy the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library); a remake of the print featuring characters from the manga and anime Crayon Shinchan. (Courtesy Hanzō; © Usui Yoshito/Futabasha/Shin-Ei Animation/TV Asahi/ADK 2025)
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From left: a woodblock print from the Holy Grail War Yūshōden series featuring servant Altria Pendragon; the heroic spirit of rider Ushiwakamaru. (Courtesy Hanzō; © Type-Moon/ FGO Project)
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Hanzō held a hands-on ukiyo-e event at the Hotel Gracery in Shinjuku, Tokyo, a popular accommodation for overseas visitors. (© Nippon.com)
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The event featured a demonstration by Tetsui Hirokazu, who is a second-generation woodblock printer. (© Nippon.com)
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Hanzō uses woodblocks made from high-quality cherry wood. (© Nippon.com)
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Limited edition neon ukiyo-e on fabric board, featuring Godzilla in Tokyo (left) and Osaka. (Courtesy Hanzō; TM, © Toho Co., Ltd.)
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La Mer: Orchestra Score, first print (left); original painting La Mer (Vagues Vertes Jade) with platinum leaf. (Courtesy Hanzō)
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