I have to say how refreshing it has been to follow someone as passionate as Dave at Mokuhankan for the last few years. Speaking as someone who grew disillusioned with a career in art, Dave's knowledge and the fire of his love for Japanese woodblock prints is just inspiring. So glad 2024 was a huge year for the shop.
Ah yes, disillustionment in the biz of art, I know it well. Loved designing, carving, printing woodblocks, not so much the grind of sales or locked into "what sells" rather than freedom to explore own artistic path. Dave is truly an inspiration for a return to this work I love, without making it a business.
I got to meet Dave in October of this year. Super nice guy. He took time out of his lunch break to play puzzles with my kids while my wife and I browsed the selection of prints. Afterwards he posed for pictures and answered all my questions. Again, incredibly nice and accommodating person. Can’t wait to go back.
Why do I feel proud of an organization on the other side of the world? Historical creations being made, families being expanded, and... bellies being grown, all filling me with a pride about such an open, driven man creating something grand with those around him. Thank you for sharing this journey with us across the world!
This comment hit the nail on the head for me! I have never met Dave, or anyone else who works at Mokuhankan. I have no personal stake in the business doing well and yet I feel such a huge sense of pride and joy when I see these updates at the end of every year and learn of how well the business is doing - and how well the people who work there are thriving! I hope nothing but good things for Dave and all the team at Mokuhankan 😃
I love your work and as an exemplary practioner of combining japanese wood block printing, but with a Canadian flair....i dub it Ukiyo Eh! Outstanding as always.
I got to visit the shop a few weeks ago and it was honestly an amazing experience. Super friendly staff, well made and priced prints. Absolutely amazing.
I feel the public has not been sufficiently warned about the dangers of watching David Bull's channel. I used to think I was safe. I've been watching since the first ukiyo-e heroes days, and never felt any interest in buying anything. "Sure," I though, "it's all very wonderful, the prints look very nice, it's great that Dave is keeping the craft alive, it's good that people are willing to pay for it, but me, buying any of it? Why would I want to? Looking at it through my monitor is more than good enough for me." Years passed. One night I had a dream that I was opening a package from Dave filled with prints and I was feeling intensely happy. I woke up. The first thing I felt was disappointment that the prints were a dream, the package wasn't coming. Then I immediately crawled to my computer, googled "Mokuhankan" and started ordering. I'm now $1500 poorer. Also, covered in prints. Think not yourself safe! I thought I was, and yet... You never know when you break. Stay safe.
Gosh I love these update videos. Mokuhankan is such a comforting old soul in our age of fast production. Seeing all the ways in which the business has grown, changed, and struggled; it's such an encouragement to see that even a business I admire goes through confusing troubles much like myself! And to survive and thrive in what everyone once believed was an obsolete, slowly fading art is the best way to prove the world wrong. In a way that's helped me pursue my dreams, because if Dave and his staff can make it happen in one of the most hardworking/difficult periods of growth I've ever seen, then we all can try our best too. Thank you Dave & Mokuhankan! Much love from your hometown of Vancouver.
Dear Mr Bull, whenever I watch what you and your team have accomplished with such emphatic perfection the art of block printing I am in awe. I have always been an admirer of this old but imperial of arts and can say without doubt your art is absolutely beautiful, I am certain the old masters would be happy to have you as one of their number...🙇♂️ Thank you for doing your best.
I'm going to be visiting Tokyo on my own in June 2025 and at the very top of my list is visiting Mokuhankan. I've been an avid follower of your UA-cam content for a little while now and I'm not ashamed to say that your business and videos are a big reason why I decided to visit Tokyo. I'm learning Japanese and very much looking forward to immersing myself in the culture and experiences that Japan has to offer. Thank you for everything you do - for us and for your team.
I fr hope that one day I can come visit and meet you I’ve been enthralled with your videos for 5-6 years now and I always look forward to watching your videos and making sure that you and everyone else is in good health
Thanks for the update Dave. We had the pleasure of a brief chat (I felt so guilty interrupting you) back in April and we came away with three prints that are now framed and hanging in our home, one of which (Sparrow and Peony) became very special to us in particular as a few weeks after returning from Japan we found out my wifes mother had terminal cancer and a few weeks later she passed, she was a keen bird watcher and lover of nature and really liked the print when we showed it to her. Hearing about your own journey as well through that and thankfully a happier ending for yourself at least confirms that there is right in the world, and you deserve many more years of it. Thank you to yourself and all the staff at Mokuhankan!
David I don't know if you can see this, but my Wife surprised me with one of your woodblock prints. It's hard to believe after watching you for so long one of your prints has made it from your shop in Japan to a little home in Northern Ireland. Merry Christmas and thank you. 🎄😊
What an absolute treat every time I see a new video from you!! I hope to be able to come back to Japan soon and your shop will be the first place I visit ❤
It was a pleasure visiting your shop and meeting you today! Thank you again for everything you do (and for the photo after we came back)! I didn’t really get to say this there, (withholding from my mom haha) but your videos have really helped me a lot during tough times, and especially your recent personal story video about dealing with loss. Congratulations to you and the team on the progress and incredible growth!
I am a fan of your work and show style through Twitch and UA-cam, here from Brazil, I’d like to congratulate you and and all your team wishing a great success!
Congratulations on another great year, and thank you for sharing your passion. Looking forward to visiting the shop on my first trip to Japan next Spring!
Dave, none of this could have happened without your deep love and passion for wood block prints. We support you because we all want to be a part of the passion, to know we can own some small piece which was developed with such care, love, and thought. I hope you have a great 2025 and look forward to perching over your shoulder via twitch and youtube as you continue to show us how beautiful care, attention, and dedication can make the humble piece of paper.
It's so satisfying to see all the success you and your team have earned. I started following you around 2017, around the time when you made your post first asking for Patreon revenue... It's absolutely insane to see where things have got to. Happy new year, Mokuhankan!
Well, there is always a price for success. But one of the best things about youtube are all the creators who end up hiring help as their channel grows, spreading the wealth around. Helping this young paper maker is a nod to the future of print making. Congratulations on your success and the great fun it has been learning how print making works.
So exciting following this journey. Art by humans for humans, so beautiful and profound. It an age of AI concerns, to see everything from paper making to wood block carving makes my heart soar! ❤❤
If I ever make it to Japan I’ll be sure to stop by. Flying to Seoul this summer I watched the flight path on the screen as we passed directly over Tokyo and I wished I could take a quick stop just 30,000 feet below. I think what is both frustrating as someone who wants easier access to your prints but also inspiring as someone who feels like the hyper growth-driven business mentality takes the soul out of so much of what we do in society is how you’re content to maintain a business that supports its employees and keeps this art alive. You know I almost was waiting for you to explain that you’re buying a warehouse to multiply production by 10x. But instead you’re just thankful to be doing what you’re doing with the people you’re doing it with. Quite a refreshing and inspiring shape for ambition to take.
Thank you Dave for these updates! It is really great to see that the business is thriving and going so well. I have to add that compared to the replays from last year, current Dave is looking so much healthier! Please don't take that the wrong way! It's just an observation I made when seeing the replay clips from 2023 Dave! Whatever you're doing this year, it is clearly doing wonders for you :D Best of wishes for 2025 - I hope the new year brings you everything you wish for! I've enjoyed watching your videos here and supporting you over on Patreon - the prints I'vew received over the last 12 months are really beautiful works of art that I treasure!
It's great to see everything is going so well! I'm in the preliminary stages of planning a trip in 2026, I hope the store continues to prosper and I get a chance to meet the legend himself! Good luck in 2025, keep up the fantastic work!
I visited your shop (and you!) this September, you were wondering what we were doing in such a bad weather season haha, but at least there was no other tourists. It was great chatting with you! Thanks for sharing your passion with all of us!
Glad to see another year of strong growth, you deserve it and more with the work you and the team put in. Last years sets are a beauty and the concept for the coming year has me really interested. Hoping to bite the bullet and finally subscribe to a set but am torn on which to start with. Also hoping to pop by late Feb when in Tokyo!
I spent two weeks in Japan traveling and hiking in September. Tokyo, Fuji-san, Nagano, Kyoto and even made it to Fukui/Echizen. In fact, today I’m going to pick up the print I purchased in Asakusa. I had it professionally framed so I could display it. Also, going soon to the Art Institute of Chicago to view their amazing collection. Absolutely loved my time in Japan and looking forward to returning in ‘25. Thank you Dave for sharing your knowledge and experience ! 加油！！
Dave and his team deserves the world, truly an inspiration the passion and the art being helmed so respectfully by the Mokuhankan gang. Really want to make it out there within the next few years
Thank you David. This video and all the others I've watched for the past 8 or so years still gets me very excited. Count me in as one who plans to come to Japan and visit your shop with the same enthusiasm as all the other landmarks you listed. The new series and collaboration looks amazing and I plan to buy more prints whenever possible. You and your team do such beautiful work. Much love.
Thank you as ever Dave, I love that you are keeping the craft alive. My purchases this year will absolutely be supplemented by the new subscription series I think! Hopefully my next Japan trip will include a day or 2 in Tokyo, so I can come say hello again :)
Thank you David, and to your crew, for being such an inspiration and for being a respite from the relentless, seemingly inescapable negativity on social media. I hope to visit one day.
I was in Japan just a few weeks ago and found out about this place on my final day with no time to visit. Absolutely gutted. iA I'll be back one day and can go home with a beautiful piece of artwork. Lovely wholesome video
Occasionally the algorithm suggests something that is clearly special. I have both subscribed and started to binge watch the back catalogue. A passionate and skilled craftsman/artist - also fantastic producer of content. Educational, entertaining , fascinating. Thanks for the uploads. Seasons Greetings from the UK.
Yet another year filled with adventures. Truly wonderful! Here is to many more years of amazing creations, joy and explorations! Keep creating and do what makes you happy. Wish you all over there the very best! - K
Happy to finally patronize your fantastic institution! Wishing you smoother and more harmonious operations in the new year as well as many more years of well-earned success. Thanks for your wisdom, craftsmanship, and commitment to preserving cultural heritage.
I met you, David, back in March and I’m happy to say I’ll be back in Japan in just a few days, over the holiday season. I am looking forward to yet another visit to Mokuhankan and adding to my hanga collection. メリクリ! 良いお年をお迎えください!
Thank you, Dave, and the entire Mokuhankan team! You've built a printmaking juggernaut while maintaining transparency and a genuine openness to sharing knowledge. I've learned so much from you all.
A master in his own right, David you and your staff are one of the true gems of the art world. I hope to visit you very soon. Maybe just before the new year. Richard (in Atsugi, Japan)
It's shaping up to be another banner year for Mokuhankan. Thanks for sharing this amazing world through the streams & videos...and yes, the prints! Happy holidays and best New Year's wishes to the entire team!
Love the comment "growth for its own sake is meaningless." I wish the politicians over here would realize that! Love the new prints and am very pleased with your new paper supplier.
Well, at an overall social level, the situation is a _lot_ more complicated. Without growth as a 'thing', we would basically still be swinging in the trees. The global challenge facing us now of course, is to try and structure a society where growth vs resources can be balanced and managed. Might actually not be possible ...
@@seseragistudio Growth for the sake of "growth is good" puts humans on a par with any other animal that will multiply and when the resources cannot support them or diseases get out of control will die off. Unfortunately many people are stuck on a book that was written by men that put together nearly 2000 years ago that says, "Be fruitful and multiply." Great advice back then, not so good now.
I need to make my first purchase this coming year. But I am one who sees 4 of the 5 I am most interested in being in the "reprinting" status. Congrats on your growth and success. I love your videos and await all new ones. I crave you doing more on the history of the eras and examples. I could listen to you teach and lecture for hours. It is interesting and your voice and manner are fantastic.
thank you very much for the update, and I wish you and your crew all the best in the coming year. In my opinion you look more healthy at your current weight than you do in the replay from last year, mostly in your face.
I was far too star struck when I met Dave in October, but the charisma and aura he gives off was too much for me to do much other than stare and try not to stutter. But still, it was a definite highlight of my trip!
I thought I watched the 2023 update yesterday! Where did last year go?! Anyway, you look as cool and wise as ever Mr. Bull, I wish you and your team nothing but success!
I have to say how refreshing it has been to follow someone as passionate as Dave at Mokuhankan for the last few years. Speaking as someone who grew disillusioned with a career in art, Dave's knowledge and the fire of his love for Japanese woodblock prints is just inspiring. So glad 2024 was a huge year for the shop.
Ah yes, disillustionment in the biz of art, I know it well. Loved designing, carving, printing woodblocks, not so much the grind of sales or locked into "what sells" rather than freedom to explore own artistic path. Dave is truly an inspiration for a return to this work I love, without making it a business.
It’s refreshing to see someone not motivated by greed, but rather by pure passion to do a job the right way.
I got to meet Dave in October of this year. Super nice guy. He took time out of his lunch break to play puzzles with my kids while my wife and I browsed the selection of prints. Afterwards he posed for pictures and answered all my questions. Again, incredibly nice and accommodating person. Can’t wait to go back.
He really is a one of a kind! A true gentleman and good egg 😊
Why do I feel proud of an organization on the other side of the world? Historical creations being made, families being expanded, and... bellies being grown, all filling me with a pride about such an open, driven man creating something grand with those around him. Thank you for sharing this journey with us across the world!
This comment hit the nail on the head for me! I have never met Dave, or anyone else who works at Mokuhankan. I have no personal stake in the business doing well and yet I feel such a huge sense of pride and joy when I see these updates at the end of every year and learn of how well the business is doing - and how well the people who work there are thriving! I hope nothing but good things for Dave and all the team at Mokuhankan 😃
I love your work and as an exemplary practioner of combining japanese wood block printing, but with a Canadian flair....i dub it Ukiyo Eh! Outstanding as always.
I got to visit the shop a few weeks ago and it was honestly an amazing experience. Super friendly staff, well made and priced prints. Absolutely amazing.
Supporting young artisans to continue the tradition, great idea.
I feel the public has not been sufficiently warned about the dangers of watching David Bull's channel.
I used to think I was safe. I've been watching since the first ukiyo-e heroes days, and never felt any interest in buying anything. "Sure," I though, "it's all very wonderful, the prints look very nice, it's great that Dave is keeping the craft alive, it's good that people are willing to pay for it, but me, buying any of it? Why would I want to? Looking at it through my monitor is more than good enough for me."
Years passed. One night I had a dream that I was opening a package from Dave filled with prints and I was feeling intensely happy. I woke up. The first thing I felt was disappointment that the prints were a dream, the package wasn't coming. Then I immediately crawled to my computer, googled "Mokuhankan" and started ordering.
I'm now $1500 poorer. Also, covered in prints. Think not yourself safe! I thought I was, and yet... You never know when you break. Stay safe.
Haha, that sounds very familiar
Gosh I love these update videos. Mokuhankan is such a comforting old soul in our age of fast production. Seeing all the ways in which the business has grown, changed, and struggled; it's such an encouragement to see that even a business I admire goes through confusing troubles much like myself! And to survive and thrive in what everyone once believed was an obsolete, slowly fading art is the best way to prove the world wrong.
In a way that's helped me pursue my dreams, because if Dave and his staff can make it happen in one of the most hardworking/difficult periods of growth I've ever seen, then we all can try our best too.
Thank you Dave & Mokuhankan!
Much love from your hometown of Vancouver.
I feel like we just had this video! The year went so quickly.
My favorite video at the end of the year. So happy things are going well.
I can't tell you how much I look forward to these
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Dear Mr Bull, whenever I watch what you and your team have accomplished with such emphatic perfection the art of block printing I am in awe. I have always been an admirer of this old but imperial of arts and can say without doubt your art is absolutely beautiful, I am certain the old masters would be happy to have you as one of their number...🙇♂️ Thank you for doing your best.
I'm going to be visiting Tokyo on my own in June 2025 and at the very top of my list is visiting Mokuhankan. I've been an avid follower of your UA-cam content for a little while now and I'm not ashamed to say that your business and videos are a big reason why I decided to visit Tokyo. I'm learning Japanese and very much looking forward to immersing myself in the culture and experiences that Japan has to offer. Thank you for everything you do - for us and for your team.
I fr hope that one day I can come visit and meet you I’ve been enthralled with your videos for 5-6 years now and I always look forward to watching your videos and making sure that you and everyone else is in good health
Thanks for the update Dave. We had the pleasure of a brief chat (I felt so guilty interrupting you) back in April and we came away with three prints that are now framed and hanging in our home, one of which (Sparrow and Peony) became very special to us in particular as a few weeks after returning from Japan we found out my wifes mother had terminal cancer and a few weeks later she passed, she was a keen bird watcher and lover of nature and really liked the print when we showed it to her. Hearing about your own journey as well through that and thankfully a happier ending for yourself at least confirms that there is right in the world, and you deserve many more years of it. Thank you to yourself and all the staff at Mokuhankan!
Some people use a calander to track a year. I use Dave's year in review video 😂
David I don't know if you can see this, but my Wife surprised me with one of your woodblock prints. It's hard to believe after watching you for so long one of your prints has made it from your shop in Japan to a little home in Northern Ireland. Merry Christmas and thank you. 🎄😊
What an absolute treat every time I see a new video from you!! I hope to be able to come back to Japan soon and your shop will be the first place I visit ❤
You’re so sweet. Thank you for another yearly shop update.
It was a pleasure visiting your shop and meeting you today! Thank you again for everything you do (and for the photo after we came back)! I didn’t really get to say this there, (withholding from my mom haha) but your videos have really helped me a lot during tough times, and especially your recent personal story video about dealing with loss.
Congratulations to you and the team on the progress and incredible growth!
I am a fan of your work and show style through Twitch and UA-cam, here from Brazil, I’d like to congratulate you and and all your team wishing a great success!
I watched one of your videos uears ago to fall asleep and I randomly get reccomended tour vids every now and then kinda cool to see you progress
Congratulations on another great year, and thank you for sharing your passion. Looking forward to visiting the shop on my first trip to Japan next Spring!
I am so strangely proud of someone I've never met to start their own papermaking business. I was legit excited to hear it, she seems cool as hell.
Dave, none of this could have happened without your deep love and passion for wood block prints. We support you because we all want to be a part of the passion, to know we can own some small piece which was developed with such care, love, and thought. I hope you have a great 2025 and look forward to perching over your shoulder via twitch and youtube as you continue to show us how beautiful care, attention, and dedication can make the humble piece of paper.
Mr Bull, you and your team are the best! Keep on going. Thank you!
It's so satisfying to see all the success you and your team have earned. I started following you around 2017, around the time when you made your post first asking for Patreon revenue... It's absolutely insane to see where things have got to. Happy new year, Mokuhankan!
Well, there is always a price for success. But one of the best things about youtube are all the creators who end up hiring help as their channel grows, spreading the wealth around. Helping this young paper maker is a nod to the future of print making. Congratulations on your success and the great fun it has been learning how print making works.
Merry Christmas David and to all the Mokuhankan staff.
Oh my god time does fly by. Last video feels like it was last month. Cheers to you dave! I might stop by when im in Japan next october
Been watching you for years and wishing you more years of success. Thank you for the update!
So exciting following this journey. Art by humans for humans, so beautiful and profound. It an age of AI concerns, to see everything from paper making to wood block carving makes my heart soar! ❤❤
If I ever make it to Japan I’ll be sure to stop by. Flying to Seoul this summer I watched the flight path on the screen as we passed directly over Tokyo and I wished I could take a quick stop just 30,000 feet below. I think what is both frustrating as someone who wants easier access to your prints but also inspiring as someone who feels like the hyper growth-driven business mentality takes the soul out of so much of what we do in society is how you’re content to maintain a business that supports its employees and keeps this art alive. You know I almost was waiting for you to explain that you’re buying a warehouse to multiply production by 10x. But instead you’re just thankful to be doing what you’re doing with the people you’re doing it with. Quite a refreshing and inspiring shape for ambition to take.
Always happy to hear that you and the business are doing well!
Thank you Dave for these updates! It is really great to see that the business is thriving and going so well. I have to add that compared to the replays from last year, current Dave is looking so much healthier! Please don't take that the wrong way! It's just an observation I made when seeing the replay clips from 2023 Dave! Whatever you're doing this year, it is clearly doing wonders for you :D
Best of wishes for 2025 - I hope the new year brings you everything you wish for! I've enjoyed watching your videos here and supporting you over on Patreon - the prints I'vew received over the last 12 months are really beautiful works of art that I treasure!
It's great to see everything is going so well! I'm in the preliminary stages of planning a trip in 2026, I hope the store continues to prosper and I get a chance to meet the legend himself! Good luck in 2025, keep up the fantastic work!
I visited your shop (and you!) this September, you were wondering what we were doing in such a bad weather season haha, but at least there was no other tourists. It was great chatting with you! Thanks for sharing your passion with all of us!
Thank you for this incredible work! I’m subscribing right now for this series! This will be my second subscription.😊
Glad to see another year of strong growth, you deserve it and more with the work you and the team put in. Last years sets are a beauty and the concept for the coming year has me really interested. Hoping to bite the bullet and finally subscribe to a set but am torn on which to start with. Also hoping to pop by late Feb when in Tokyo!
Happy new year
Yes 🎉🎉🎉
What a wonderful start into the holiday season
I can't tell you have happy i am to see this video! All the best for 2025!!
I spent two weeks in Japan traveling and hiking in September. Tokyo, Fuji-san, Nagano, Kyoto and even made it to Fukui/Echizen. In fact, today I’m going to pick up the print I purchased in Asakusa. I had it professionally framed so I could display it. Also, going soon to the Art Institute of Chicago to view their amazing collection. Absolutely loved my time in Japan and looking forward to returning in ‘25. Thank you Dave for sharing your knowledge and experience ! 加油！！
Dave and his team deserves the world, truly an inspiration the passion and the art being helmed so respectfully by the Mokuhankan gang. Really want to make it out there within the next few years
thanks you, Dave, for all the stories and inspirational work
Thank you David. This video and all the others I've watched for the past 8 or so years still gets me very excited. Count me in as one who plans to come to Japan and visit your shop with the same enthusiasm as all the other landmarks you listed. The new series and collaboration looks amazing and I plan to buy more prints whenever possible. You and your team do such beautiful work. Much love.
Thank you as ever Dave, I love that you are keeping the craft alive. My purchases this year will absolutely be supplemented by the new subscription series I think! Hopefully my next Japan trip will include a day or 2 in Tokyo, so I can come say hello again :)
All of this yes!!
11/10
Thank you for everything you all do 🙏
Thank you David, and to your crew, for being such an inspiration and for being a respite from the relentless, seemingly inescapable negativity on social media. I hope to visit one day.
Thank you for doing all you do! You've been an endless source of inspiration for me.
Loving the return to regular uploads
Congratulations Mokuhankan! Time for お正月 and well-deserved rest 良いお年を
The Kyoto series is so carefully designed carved and registered, with those overlapping colors the depth and quality there is stunning!
I was in Japan just a few weeks ago and found out about this place on my final day with no time to visit. Absolutely gutted. iA I'll be back one day and can go home with a beautiful piece of artwork. Lovely wholesome video
so happy to hear the washi news! hoping for long-lasting success for everyone involved ^^
Absolutely love your videos, Dave. You have a way with words.
How your team and you are keeping up a whole tradition, is amazing
I love each and every video! Thank you for sharing this with us.
All the very best to all of you. Thank you!
Occasionally the algorithm suggests something that is clearly special. I have both subscribed and started to binge watch the back catalogue. A passionate and skilled craftsman/artist - also fantastic producer of content. Educational, entertaining , fascinating. Thanks for the uploads. Seasons Greetings from the UK.
Thanks Dave for the Update! You are amazing!
Yet another year filled with adventures. Truly wonderful! Here is to many more years of amazing creations, joy and explorations!
Keep creating and do what makes you happy. Wish you all over there the very best! - K
Happy to finally patronize your fantastic institution! Wishing you smoother and more harmonious operations in the new year as well as many more years of well-earned success. Thanks for your wisdom, craftsmanship, and commitment to preserving cultural heritage.
I met you, David, back in March and I’m happy to say I’ll be back in Japan in just a few days, over the holiday season. I am looking forward to yet another visit to Mokuhankan and adding to my hanga collection. メリクリ! 良いお年をお迎えください!
Can’t wait to see what 2025 holds. Thanks for everything Dave!
I'm so excited to come to the shop next April!
Been waiting all year for this!! ❤❤
Thank you, Dave, and the entire Mokuhankan team! You've built a printmaking juggernaut while maintaining transparency and a genuine openness to sharing knowledge. I've learned so much from you all.
A master in his own right, David you and your staff are one of the true gems of the art world. I hope to visit you very soon. Maybe just before the new year. Richard (in Atsugi, Japan)
was there in January and bought a bunch of prints, awesome shop!
This is wonderful news im glad your loving the dream dave!
A wonderful recap video, Dave. Thank you for all that you and your team does. 2025 will be another great year!
It is ALWAYS a great day when Dave drops a video!!! Love the beautiful work that is put out by Mokuhankan! Here’s to another great year!
It's shaping up to be another banner year for Mokuhankan. Thanks for sharing this amazing world through the streams & videos...and yes, the prints! Happy holidays and best New Year's wishes to the entire team!
Already watched twice today for the ASMR, thank you for doing this in a softly spoken voice Dave 😩
Great update video, stunning work, wishing you lots of success for next year
YES, FINALLY, I LOVE MOKUHANKAN UPDATES!!!!!!!!!
Happy holidays Mr Bull! Hope you and your staff are well, and wish you all a happy new year!
Such a complete legend. Im so glad your business is going strength to strength. More power to you.
Love the comment "growth for its own sake is meaningless." I wish the politicians over here would realize that! Love the new prints and am very pleased with your new paper supplier.
Well, at an overall social level, the situation is a _lot_ more complicated. Without growth as a 'thing', we would basically still be swinging in the trees. The global challenge facing us now of course, is to try and structure a society where growth vs resources can be balanced and managed. Might actually not be possible ...
@@seseragistudio Growth for the sake of "growth is good" puts humans on a par with any other animal that will multiply and when the resources cannot support them or diseases get out of control will die off. Unfortunately many people are stuck on a book that was written by men that put together nearly 2000 years ago that says, "Be fruitful and multiply." Great advice back then, not so good now.
Thank you for the update. I hope desperately to visit someday.
I hope the upcoming year treats you well!
Congrats, I've been there twice, amazing work and environment. Also glad to see the supporting resources to the paper workshop !
Another incredible video thank you for sharing!
The long form video with Taran helped me finish my final for my printing class
Happy New Year Dave, and all the best for you, your employees, and your business in 2025.
I love these year-end updates.
Visited the shop twice now, should be back in Japan this April. Will drop by again :)
Always wait for a new video from David. Between time I keep watching the Davids Choice playlist. 😊
thank you David
I need to make my first purchase this coming year. But I am one who sees 4 of the 5 I am most interested in being in the "reprinting" status. Congrats on your growth and success. I love your videos and await all new ones. I crave you doing more on the history of the eras and examples. I could listen to you teach and lecture for hours. It is interesting and your voice and manner are fantastic.
Its great to think that at the end of this year I can finally say I've visited the shop. Looking forward to coming again through the changing seasons.
thank you very much for the update, and I wish you and your crew all the best in the coming year. In my opinion you look more healthy at your current weight than you do in the replay from last year, mostly in your face.
Another wonderful update, Dave. Congratulations on another successful year. Where did the time go?!
I was far too star struck when I met Dave in October, but the charisma and aura he gives off was too much for me to do much other than stare and try not to stutter. But still, it was a definite highlight of my trip!
Lovely stuff
Thank you, David.
I thought I watched the 2023 update yesterday! Where did last year go?! Anyway, you look as cool and wise as ever Mr. Bull, I wish you and your team nothing but success!
Oooh I do love Atelier Sento, wish they had more books out in English. Excited for the new series!
I got the email that said this was coming out but it still surprised me and made me incredibly happy.