Mineo Yamamoto, master gyotaku printer from Japan, specializes in the indirect art form. Spreading fabric over the fish, he carefully applies ink with a silk tampo. This technique allows for the use of a myriad of colours and broad artistic licence while retaining an exact replica, scale by scale of the specimen.

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