In the Japan of 200 years ago, the woodblock print brought art to the masses.

BBC: The art of Japan

Most of the woodblock prints that are popular today were not considered high art in their time.

BBC: The art of Japan

She married a local and decided to raise a family in a valley straight out of a woodblock print.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia

The woodblock printing workshop of Takezasa-do is one such place.

BBC: The art of Japan

Ukiyo-e, a genre of Japanese woodblock prints, translates as an "image of the floating world, " and the scent does seem to evoke an image for me of irises floating in a secluded lake.

WSJ: Purple Reign: Iris Fragrances