Tokyo National Museum: Pine Forest · 2025 Spring Japanese Hobonichi Techo Weeks [April Start]

The “Pine Forest”, painted approximately 420 years ago by Hasegawa Tōhaku, one of the most iconic painters of the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573-1603), is now featured as a Hobonichi Techo cover.

This National Treasure, housed in the Tokyo National Museum, is hailed as a masterpiece of early modern ink painting. In this work, he avoids the prominent outlines typical of ink painting, using only delicate gradations to depict a windswept pine grove with hazy light seeping through the mist. He created this atmospheric scene through his mastery of Chinese-style ink painting, breathing new life into the classic subject matter of a pine grove.

The book uses thin and light yet durable Tomoe River paper. This paper that underwent an overhaul with the 2024 edition techo is more resistant to bleed through, lighter despite being the same thickness, and has a smoother surface by adjusting the fibers of the paper.

When you order this Hobonichi Techo Weeks, you’ll receive a clear, adhesive corner pocket you can stick anywhere you like.

The Weeks book has space for writing in plans or journal entries, and it also has 69 pages of grid paper memo pages in the back (73 pages in the English edition). The back of the book contains bonus pages, including Sample Symbols and Icons and Oodles of Noodles.

If you’d like storage space or a way to change up the look of your Weeks book, you can customize your book by pairing it with a Weeks cover.

• [JPN/Tall & Slim/Apr Start]
  
• Size: 186 x 95 x 10 (mm)
  
• Material: Polyester / Paper
• Weight: 133g
• COO: Japan