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    Woodblock printing in Japan (木版画, mokuhanga) is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e artistic genre of single sheets, but it was also used...
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    Woodblock printing or block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in...
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    production and woodblock printing in other parts of Asia such as Korea and Japan. The Chinese Buddhist Diamond Sutra, printed by woodblock on 11 May 868...
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    of printing called mechanical woodblock printing on paper started in China during the 7th century in the Tang dynasty. The use of woodblock printing spread...
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    craftsmen and merchant classes in China, and Ryōmin (良民) and Senmin (賤民) in Japan are involved in woodblock printing. Printing patterns on textile is closely...
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  • Most shunga are a type of ukiyo-e, the main artistic genre of woodblock printing in Japan. Although scarce, there are however extant erotic painted handscrolls...
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    Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (category Paintings in the Courtauld Gallery)
    painting includes inspiration from Japanese Woodblock printing. In this self-portrait, Van Gogh portrays himself in a blue cap with black fur and a green overcoat...
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    Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects...
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    Toyohara Chikanobu (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
    contemporaries as Yōshū Chikanobu (楊洲周延), was a Japanese painter and printmaker who was widely regarded as a prolific woodblock artist during the Meiji epoch. Chikanobu...
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    masses. Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns that was used widely throughout East Asia. It originated in China in antiquity...
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