Japanese Woodblock Prints

Japanese Woodblock Prints Biography.

   Woodblock printing in Japan (Japanese: 木版画, moku hanga) is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e artistic genre; however, it was also used very widely for printing books in the same period. Woodblock printing had been used in China for centuries to print books, long before the advent of movable type, but was only widely adopted in Japan surprisingly late, during the Edo period (1603-1867). Although similar to woodcut in western printmaking in some regards, moku hanga differs greatly in that water-based inks are used (as opposed to western woodcut which uses oil-based inks), allowing for a wide range of vivid color, glazes and color transparency.

Japanese Woodblock Prints

 Japanese Woodblock Prints

 Japanese Woodblock Prints

 Japanese Woodblock Prints

 Japanese Woodblock Prints

 Japanese Woodblock Prints

 Japanese Woodblock Prints

 Japanese Woodblock Prints

 

Japanese Woodblock Prints

Woodblock Printmaking

Japanese Woodblock Prints

Japanese Traditional Craft