Ichimura Mamoru, The Meister Artist.

"I open when I wake up, and close when I must go to sleep.

When I've had enough, the store is closed."

That is the motto of Ichimura Mamoru, named himself owner of the world's smallest museum of Ukiyoe in Kyoto.

"I'm one of successors of those print masters today, we are small in number.

You are welcome to see my making of the wood print."

Old Japanese culture,

old Kyoto house,

old Kyoto man,

Everything is all old.

"When you come again, the store will still be older."

Ukiyoe (woodblock print) is a total art by many masters like Drawer, Carver, Printer, and so on.

It has become very popular in Japan, especially during the Edo ( 17C~19C ).

Ukiyoe influenced the impressionists Monet, Van Gogh, Renoir, etc.

151 komatsu-cho, Higashiyama-Ku, kyoto, January 2016.

JESUS RODRIGUEZ LLUCH

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