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Japanese woodblock prints 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 ...

and paintings. For a list of print sizes, see below. * ; "blue picture" * ; "red picture" * ; "examined" character found in many censor seals * ; a tool used to rub the back of a sheet of paper to pick up ink from the block * ; primitive ukiyo-e style prints, usually printed in pink * ; primitive ukiyo-e style prints, usually printed in pink and green * ; pictures of beautiful women * ; technique of applying a gradation of ink to a moistened block to vary lightness and darkness (value) of a single colour * Censor seal; from 1790 until 1876 all woodblock prints had to be examined by official censors, and marked with their seals * ; a print size about * ; a print size about * ; dating from 1603 to 1868, the period when Japanese society was under the rule of the

Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...

* ; "picture book" * ; colouring with a paintbrush * ; powdered minerals or metals sprinkled onto a print during the production process * ; album * ; "founder" prefix, used on a print to indicate the publisher * ; a common subject in ukiyo-e * ; a print * ; a publisher * ; a print size about * ; a carver of woodblocks * ; a print size about * ; a colour block * ; prints that can be viewed from either top or bottom * ; an , or collection of poems and associated narratives, dating from the

Heian period The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means "peace" in Japanese. ...

* ; a print that mimics a stone rubbing, with uninked images or text on a dark, usually black, background * ; a technique for producing gradation achieved by sanding or abrading the edges of the carving * ; an

diptych A diptych (; from the Greek δίπτυχον, ''di'' "two" + '' ptychē'' "fold") is any object with two flat plates which form a pair, often attached by hinge. For example, the standard notebook and school exercise book of the ancient world w ...

arranged one above the other (also a hanging scroll painting) * ; paintings of flowers and birds * ; the artist's tag, used on prints with (or instead of) a signature * ; region of Japan referring to the cities of

Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ci ...

and

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

* ; prints of a single colour (usually black) coloured by stenciling. Prints produced entirely by stenciling, without woodblocks, are also called . * ; dry printing, embossing * ; style of woodblock carving imitating dry brushstrokes * ; one of the Five Routes of the Edo period * ; "approved" character found in many censor seals * ; a rough sketch * ; prints with moveable parts * ; a print size about , sometimes called a "toy print" * ; the highest mountain in Japan, a common subject * ; warrior print * ; prints depicting the Japanese mythological giant catfish, the * ; a painting in the ukiyo-e style * ; multi-coloured woodblock printing * ; a print size about * ; portrait prints, busts * : Schools of ukiyo-e artists * ; prints depicting the Sino-Japanese and

Russo-Japanese War The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...

s * ; 20th century ukiyo-e revival prints * ; final preparatory drawing pasted onto the block for printing * ; a print size about , often used for * ; a polishing technique sometimes used to create a shiny surface on black areas in prints * ; erotically themed art * ; privately commissioned prints for special occasions such as the

New Year New Year is the time or day currently at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate the event in some manner. In the Gregorian calendar, the most widely used calendar system to ...

* ; a printer * ; primitive ukiyo-e style prints, usually printed in red * ; a print in vertical or "portrait" format * ; an array of economic policies introduced in 1842 by the Tokugawa Shogunate, precursor to

Meiji Restoration The , referred to at the time as the , and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Although there were ...

* ; the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period * ; prints on paddle-shaped hand fans () * ; a picture using

linear perspective Linear or point-projection perspective (from la, perspicere 'to see through') is one of two types of 3D projection, graphical projection perspective in the graphic arts; the other is parallel projection. Linear perspective is an approximate r ...

* ; the culture of Edo-period Japan (1600–1867) * ; paintings painted with lacquer, and a printing style using ink that resembles the darkness and thickness of black lacquer * ; Japanese poetry * ; traditional Japanese paper * ; prints of

kabuki is a classical form of Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theatre is known for its heavily-stylised performances, the often-glamorous costumes worn by performers, and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers. Kabuki is thought to ...

actors * ; a print in horizontal or "landscape" format * ; prints depicting non-East Asian foreigners and scenes of Yokohama.

Print sizes

The Japanese terms for vertical (portrait) and horizontal (landscape) formats for images are and , respectively. Below is a table of common Tokugawa-period print sizes. Sizes varied depending on the period, and those given are approximate they are based on the pre-printing paper sizes, and paper was often trimmed after printing.

References

Citations Sources * * * Lane, Richard. (1978). ''Images from the Floating World, The Japanese Print.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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* Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). ''Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints.'' Amsterdam: Hotei.
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