Step into a world where nature-themed prints meet Portland Japanese Garden’s springtime vibrance in Enduring Impressions: Contemporary Woodblock Prints. Featuring the art of mokuhanga (木版画), Japanese-style woodblock printmaking, this exhibition reveals how a centuries-old tradition is experiencing a contemporary revival as artists around the world use the quiet power and unique characteristics of woodblock printmaking to create captivating works of art.

Mokuhanga has been embraced as an environmentally friendly art form that uses wood, water-based pigments, and paper made from plant fibers. The exhibition’s featured artists are among the growing international movement where meticulously crafted art prints incorporating these traditional tools and techniques are complemented by alternative printmaking technologies and strategies for contemporary expression. This exhibition marks the Garden’s first collaboration with the Honolulu Museum of Art and is co-curated by Stephen Salel, the Museum’s Curator of Japanese Art. Across the galleries at Portland Japanese Garden, Enduring Impressions presents an eclectic range of contemporary prints, alongside a behind-the-scenes look at the process, history and future of this iconic art form.