As Japanese as a Geisha cutting a sushi roll with a samurai sword, gyotaku is infused with all the lovely idiosyncrasies of ...

For centuries, fishermen in Japan have been creating ink prints of fish and sea species in a practice known as Gyotaku (魚拓) or “fish rubbing” in English. Originally used to record catches or brag ...

Celebrate a trophy catch the way the Japanese fishermen did 200 years ago. A traditional Japanese art form that you can to do at home with an IKO "Gyotaku" fish print kit. Every year about this time I ...

In the summer of 2018, Yusuke Miyazaki and Atsunobu Murase contacted hundreds of bait and tackle shops in Japan to ask them about their art collection. They were interested in gyotaku. These are ...

Gyotaku is a traditional Japanese art form of making fish prints that dates back to the 19th century. Local fishermen are still catching large fish, including a 22.8-pound blackfish and numerous ...

Sign up to get the best of Boston, every day. In the mid-19th century, Japanese fishermen documented a catch by inking one side of the fish and stamping it onto rice ...

HAMILTON — A Beverly artist who specializes in Japanese-style fish prints is showcasing more than 20 original works of art at the Hamilton-Wenham Public Library. Peter Concannon’s fish prints depict ...

Fans of Joe’s Fresh Fish Prints on Pickering Wharf in Salem will have to ship up to Gloucester or Rockport to catch one of the shop’s Japanese fish prints. The striking prints — gyotaku — are those of ...