David's Choice - Episode #10

[@thaDjMauz]

Thank you Dave for featuring my music! I'm the artist, Bzaurie, from which David wished to use my track The Invisible Library during the last part of the video. I'm grateful for the exposure and Dave's insistance to make fair payment as well.

[@elisanereis1860]

Great music

[@Elwood288]

The music is beautiful! Where could I get it from?

[@thaDjMauz]

@@Elwood288 since the copyrighting had to be okay, it is an unofficial release. You can find it on my bandcamp: bzaurie.bandcamp.com/track/the-invisible-library

[@omfgacceptmyname]

it was so apropos

[@juanfrancabrera7119]

I'm really happy that he picked your music, it's great! Thank you for your music!

[@tomaszlosinski875]

The uncut way he does the videos makes it seem like he's actually talking to me. It makes me feel impolite when I pause the video like I'm interrupting him.

[@beretperson]

The first page of the book (21:15) kinda reminds me of the Avatar title cards... It's crazy that someone from Finland brought back to life a font that had only been used in a single collection of Japanese books a hundred years ago. Magical times, these

[@iambiggus]

The videos we need, but don’t deserve! Thank you, Mr Bull!

[@danieldauber8335]

A great video and the Hasegawa font is beautiful. Just downloaded and installed. Big thanks to Markuu for the time and dedication spent!

[@tanyajdewet]

How beautiful these little fairy tales & poems… Thank you so much for sharing them with us

[@PriestPhotios]

Mr. Bull, to say that I really enjoy and look forward to your videos is a gross understatement. Thank you.

[@SnoozerIIVMMXIV]

What a beautiful gift for tonight My daughter is sleeping I can enjoy this video with calm! Love you David ❤️

[@SnoozerIIVMMXIV]

@The-Man-Who-Chortles why should I?

[@GlassesnMouthplates]

Another thing to love Dave is he dislikes the concept of "For exposure only"'. As mentioned in his Twitch streams, he gives credits and even pays people who aided his and his company's works which in this case, Markku and Bzaurie aka. Lazerflikflorg (the guys who worked on the Hasegawa font & the composer of the BGM during the book montage respectively).

[@thaDjMauz]

Hey, thanks for mentioning me, but Markku is unrelated to lazerflikflorg (my twitch handle) and Bzaurie (my musical alias). I havent had any contact with Markku. But you are correct. Thought I would be happy with Dave just using my music he insisted on paying me and spoke about it a lot in his streams.

[@mononoke721]

I love Japanese style fonts for English, so this is a real treat. Thank you to both David and Markku Mujunen for making this font both possible and available to download!

[@GilbertTang]

Superb work by Markku. Thank you so much.

[@NathanJ2124]

After happening upon your channel about a week ago via my youtube recommended page, I've been binge-watching all of your videos. Your passion and enthusiasm for this topic is infectious! I knew next to nothing about Japanese art history (or Japanese art forms in general) before finding your channel, and can now say that I'm eagerly awaiting any and all future uploads!

[@Beerfornothing]

good grief when David started reading at 27:10 that was so epic

[@yeahiagree1070]

Best series on KZbin

[@trahnettilhcs]

Some famous musical artists recorded tracks for albums in a bathroom, specifically for the reverb that you’re getting here, so you’re not so much “escaping” the rest of building as you are cementing your legacy as an artistic powerhouse

[@Leonderayas]

This is sooooo awesome! I distinctly remember surfing the internet for an exact font like this: Something that applied the japanese brush sensibility to the roman style type without it looking like a caricature or the title card of a ninja show. This is such a superb work! As a type geek, i take my hat off to Markku for pulling off the greatest font revival of 2019!

[@SnoozerIIVMMXIV]

Hearts and swords is the most beautiful of all them It's the essence of the warrior, the mountains that find joy in life's extremety is LOVELY, is not just the essence of a warrior but maybe of the all men. Thanks for sharing

[@donhill1825]

I don't know why I watched this but I'm glad I did. Fascinating

[@EduardoPortasRuiz]

Last 10 minutes are the best ASMR I have ever seen.

[@containercore6832]

Always love the David's Choice episodes. I always learn so much about the art of printing and Japanese culture!

[@vanessathenavigator]

I LOVE these David's choice videos! What a treat!

[@mikafoxx2717]

I feel like this font deserves to meet wood and paper in the near future, don't you say? :P Thank you for another excellent video so soon!

[@seseragistudio]

"... meet wood and paper ..." It's all public domain ... go for it!

[@patricheva]

Candy for eyes, ears and soul.

[@donsimons9810]

Subscribed! I guess I was introduced to you due to my love of asmr? I have no interest in wood block printing, but I could watch you talk about it for hours (and have!).

[@naiche.]

Pleasure as always Dave, this is my favorite series of yours. Always informative and fascinating!

[@earljtharp]

Just last week I purchased a three volume set of Sword & Blossom poems. The set is originals and came in a blue binder which is held shut with two little ivory pegs. They are in superb condition for the age. I was looking for information about these books when I came across your video. What a surprise. I guess I don’t have bad taste after all.

[@dinkaboutit4228]

Very interesting as always. It must be very rewarding to see your work and your passion for your craft spark the interest and creativity of others!

[@bigpinkstudios]

Life is going good right now. And with this video it got better.

[@Madlocust1985]

Great video, very interesting specific subject item of the woodblock printing world, and adding music to the video was a good choice.

[@dazeydaisy-pu6hl]

This is such a great video! Who knew it would come with bonus features this time!

[@AsianLovePotato]

Thank you for the upload, sir 🙏🏼

[@neropatti1504]

Markku, perkele! Torilla tavataan!

[@shikkouko]

Another incredible installment, keep up the great work David!!!

[@David.C.Velasquez]

Thank you for this beautiful episode! The music was perfectly chosen btw.

[@johnbecker1996]

What a wonderful video!

[@oliviern-l7539]

@3:25, interestingly there is a mistake on the cover of the second book. ''Veillard'' should be ''Vieillard'' (old man)

[@princesshyrule]

These are my favorite of your videos! I don't think I have ever enjoyed one more than the 'Favorite Flowers of Japan' episode (and the beautiful supplement that came with it). What a treat!

[@jamescash8051]

Dave Bull looks like a wizard. He uses evil magic to make Japanese wood block prints and casts you to sleep with his spells.. j/k he's awesome

[@guycomments]

Foam Flowers is a profoundly beautiful poem

[@mangs856]

Wonderful content as always! Please add this to the David's choice playlist. Totally found a new font for work!!

[@GlassesnMouthplates]

I love how Dave's voice sounds like it came from heaven when he reads the last poem, but after watching his TWITCH streams where he mentioned the actual process when he recorded that audio, I can't help but giggle a bit now that I have the mental image of Dave squatting inside the bathroom with the lights turned off and his laptop placed on top of the toilet seat.

[@seseragistudio]

Well, if you don't want to spoil your mental image, keep away from our Instagram!

[@rurudtsafg]

Got to watch a new David bull video, and slept the whole night away, I gotta say it was a good day.

[@Brewhouse4519]

I would love a series of you just reading poetry

[@honkedanne]

I Love these videos!

[@AmbientCusp]

Please make more like the last ten minutes!

[@stndsure7275]

Always great!

[@leesponenberg5907]

Yes 😁 thanks for all of the hard work

[@atmentod]

It's awesome you mention the Ghibli museum. Me and my buddy went to Japan for a week. Our #1 bucket item was the museum, and oh boy was it worth it! We are both fascinated by Japanese culture. It was a wonderful trip.

[@ljjlander1]

YES!! It's a good day!!

[@cloneskiller]

Every time you upload my day is completely better! Cheers mate! :)

[@KingJoopy]

I love these videos

[@clay3299]

Thank you sir for great content

[@ΧρῆστοςΚωστελίδης-γ3φ]

Never clicked on something so fast!

[@kaisersozay99]

Exquisite, thank u

[@kevinbill9574]

Great video. One minor gripe, it's not morning here. That aside, this video is great and very nice

[@IanPolerCP]

Great video! In the previous video You said that there were also book in Russian. I use the Russian alphabet or cyrillic almost daily. I wonder, if it would be possible to have a Hasegawa Russian font?

[@marumuju]

Sadly, I think the Russian version of the book doesn't use the brush alphabet, so I would have to make up with the letters by myself… That would definitely be "interesting", since I can't read Cyrillic at all. But perhaps some day!

[@BigCityNate]

So quickly indeed!

[@BogieSIX]

This is another sub you can chalk up to TB. I never met him but he was my friend and I miss him.

[@HeyZeus_]

First time I’ve ever been so early! Love your vids 💯

[@ChaseKolpath]

YES!!!

[@scottpascoe562]

For some reason I can not get this to work in my Outlook email program. It works fine on a Word document, and I have not really tried it elsewhere.

[@piX0une]

Thank you for yet another wonderful video ! I especially liked you narrating that poem for us, you have such a nice voice ! I would gladly listen to the whole book ^^

[@santiagogomez-vo3it]

Still wondering who are those guys that dislike his videos, how dare you

[@Livi_333]

Almost!!!

[@juliecain6397]

I wish you had not thrown away the line where you tell us, "...replaced by....something ...gafaw". If you spoke English, I didn't understand a word of it. I still have a keen interest in the books you are showing and the poems inside them, which you are just flipping past...I hope you get around to showing all the pages with those beautiful woodblock prints. The way the Japanese Craftsmen work is fascinating to me, as no one here has quite the same approach.

[@seseragistudio]

"... replaced by ... long lineups outside the Ghibli Museum!"

[@filedge4914]

just found your channel -subbed! thankyou :) and the font is luvly

[@yohei72]

Anyone have a link to Dave’s video on the novels, which he excerpts in the first half of this one?

[@BalkanRedneck]

Only 17k more subscribers until 100k!!! Come on KZbin!

[@abee5133]

Hiya.. I was missing you xx

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

The lettering looks a bit like the font Auriol.

[@kentowakai1234]

Is there a lot of embossing. It seems to have quit a bit.

[@seseragistudio]

The book is made with a rich and thick 'hosho' paper. What you are seeing is the natural 'embossing' that thus results when the paper is pressed down over the woodblock where the characters are carved.

[@Freilonestar01]

Is this the Marco that you mention in one of your previous videos?

[@Hanimichal]

what kind of inks are used in these prints?

[@BaquePhotography]

No taste, that's an interesting way to phrase that.

[@frbe0101]

21:47 'Delta'll rights reserved

[@axoc77]

This may have been answered before, but does anybody know if there is any interest in ukiyo-e style prints of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, similar to the Ghibli attempt and the video game parody series? Preferably from David Bull and Co.

[@NA-cf7tj]

Where can I find pdf's for the sword and blossom poems book?

[@spliff2k]

Try the internet

[@inef85]

here you go: lmgtfy.com/?q=sword+and+blossom+poems+pdf

[@yruyuyuyuyuyuyuu]

.... bla bla bla .... .... bla bla bla ....