This is a handmade Coptic bound notebook with pyrographed covers inspired by Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints.

Front Cover: Samurai Girl

The front cover shows a female samurai (onna-bugeisha) inspired by a Japanese woodblock print that has been assigned the title “Falconer Ukiyo-e – Utagawa Kunisada”. However when I looked up “Falconer by Kunisada a different image came up so I’m not sure if those details are accurate or not.

This is what the cover looked like with just the burn lines before the colour was added.

Inside the front cover.

Back Cover: The Great Wave

The back cover is inspired by probably the best known and most famous Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print, the awe-inspiring “Great Wave off Kanagawa” by Hokusai.