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: And a small story about him (from 1995) is on Dave’s website here: A ’sequel’ to this video has been published - including content from the video tapes mentioned: *** We now have a Patreon page for support of these videos: People have asked for i