In Japan, printing and Buddhism have long been closely linked.

There’s a Chinese legend about a man, Zhong Kui, who failed the examinations to become a scholar-official and subsequently took his own life. The emperor, upon hearing of this tragedy, had him buried with high honors, thereby securing his protection as a spirit guardian who would defend the country from supernatural forces.

Lui Shou-Kwan 吕寿琨 (1919–1975) was one of the pioneers of the New Ink painting movement, which aimed to modernize traditional Chinese ink painting in Hong Kong in the 1950s–1970s.

In its oldest and most basic form, a printed image consists of black ink indirectly applied to paper.

Since ancient times, Chinese poets have praised the plumage of the kingfisher, a bird widely found in the tropical regions of Asia.