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Japanese woodblock print
Woodblock printing in Japan (, ''mokuhanga'') is a technique best known for its use in the ''ukiyo-e'' artistic genre of single sheets, but it was also used for printing books in the same period. Widely adopted in Japan during the Edo period (160 ...
that mimics a
stone rubbing. It has uninked images or text on a dark, usually black, background.
Gallery
Ishizuri-Masanobu.jpg, ''The Story of Kyoyu and Sofu'', ishizuri-e by Okumura Masanobu
Okumura Masanobu ( ja, 奥村 政信; 1686 – 13 March 1764) was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and in his early years wrote some fiction. At first his work adhered to the Torii ...
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Poet Kakinomoto Hitomaro by Okumura Masanobu.JPG, ''Poet Kakinomoto Hitomaro'' by Okumura Masanobu,
Ishizuri-Taito-II.jpg, ''Chrysanthemum'' by Katsushika Taito I
is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. The ward calls itself Katsushika City in English.
As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 444,356, and a population density of 12,770 people per km². The total area is 34.80 ...
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Ishizuri-Hiroshige.jpg, Hiroshige,
References
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Lane, Richard, ''Images from the Floating World, The Japanese Print'', New York, Dorset Press, 1978, p. 279
* Newland, Amy Reigle, ''Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints'', Amsterdam, Hotei, 2005, p. 447,
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Ukiyo-e genres