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We invited Naoto Yamazoe, a graphic designer and woodblock printing artist of the Tokuriki Family’s Matsukyu Publishing Company in Kyoto, Japan.
The Tokuriki Family has a long history of being official artists for the Nishi Honganji Temple in Kyoto, traced back as far as the Keicho era (1596-1615). Tomikichiro Tokuriki (1902-2000), the 12th generation, was one of the most highly respected woodblock artists of the twentieth century in Japan. Around 1945, Tomikichiro Tokuriki set up his own publishing company; called Matsukyu Publishing.
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Naoto Yamazoe, the head designer of the Tokuriki Family’s company, visited many historic sites and wineries in Sonoma. He created our woodblock designs for the communities using scenery from Sonoma.
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