Remembering a carver - Ito Susumu

This video from Tokyo woodblock printmaker Dave Bull tells the story of his experiences with one of the old carvers - the late Mr. Susumu Ito. It's a combination of reminiscences and video clips from TV programs of the 1990's.

The meetings with Ito-san were very important for Dave, and it was thus especially gratifying to him when Ito-san's family got in touch recently ... bringing with them a few interesting items ...

The URL referenced in the video - showing Ito-san's carving knife - is here:
http://woodblock.com/encyclopedia/ent...
And a small story about him (from 1995) is on Dave's website here:
http://woodblock.com/encyclopedia/ent...

A 'sequel' to this video has been published - including content from the video tapes mentioned:
Remembering a Carver - The Sequel
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People have asked for information on similar videos on this channel, and a few more of these 'rambles' can be found here:
Beginnings (part 1)
Beginnings (part 2)
Making a kuchi-e print

0:00 1980s Introduction and Meeting Matsuzaki-san
5:09 1992 First Meeting with Ito-san
9:06 1998 Meeting Ito-san Again
11:13 Losing Ito-san
13:14 A Wonderful Gift
14:59 'One day, I will be able to use this knife'
22:23 'We're gonna get to the good part now'
26:12 'One last episode...'

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