Paul Denhoed is a paper researcher and papermaker, originally from Toronto, Canada. After receiving a Japanese Government Scholarship to study Japanese hand papermaking, he has been living and working in Japan for more than 20 years. He has worked at Oguni Washi as a production papermaker and taught papermaking, bookmaking, and art history at Asia University. He currently works closely with Imai Hiroaki of Oguni Washi in Niigata on production papermaking projects and in-depth papermaking workshops. He also offers papermaking and bookbinding workshops at universities and schools in the Tokyo area, and works with a group to maintain a kozo field (previously maintained by Richard Flavin) in nearby Saitama prefecture.