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  2. Woodblock printing - Wikipedia

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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 antiquity as a ...

  3. Woodblock printing in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Woodblock printing in Japan (木版画, mokuhanga) is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e [1] artistic genre of single sheets, but it was also used for printing books in the same period. Invented in China during the Tang dynasty, woodblock printing was widely adopted in Japan during the Edo period (1603–1868).

  4. Baren (printing tool) - Wikipedia

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    Baren (馬連、馬楝) listen ⓘ is a disk-like hand tool with a flat bottom and a knotted handle used in Japanese woodblock printing. It is used to burnish (firmly rub) the back of a sheet of paper, lifting ink from the block.

  5. History of printing in East Asia - Wikipedia

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    A fragment of a dharani print in Sanskrit and Chinese, c. 650–670, Tang dynasty The Great Dharani Sutra, one of the world's oldest surviving woodblock prints, c. 704-751 The intricate frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra from Tang-dynasty China, 868 AD (British Museum), the earliest extant printed text bearing a date of printing Colophon to the Diamond Sutra dating the year of printing to 868

  6. From Woodblocks to the Internet - Wikipedia

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    The book opens with an introductory essay written by Reed discussing the evolution of Chinese printing and its technological development. He dates the birth of modern print culture to the 1870s, with the spread of lithography and letterpress printing in lieu of traditional woodblock printing. Reed's introduction and many of the collected essays ...

  7. Conservation and restoration of woodblock prints - Wikipedia

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    The conservation and restoration of woodblock prints, is the process of caring for and repairing images made from a specific printing process involving using wooden reliefs to stamp or imprint an image onto paper.

  8. History of printing - Wikipedia

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    Woodcut is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges. The areas to show 'white' are cut away with a knife or chisel, leaving the characters or image ...

  9. Woodblock printing on textiles - Wikipedia

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    Woodblock printing on textiles is the process of printing patterns on fabrics, typically linen, cotton, or silk, by means of carved wooden blocks. The 'woodblock' is known as chhapa in South Asian countries like India , Burma , Bangladesh , Nepal and Pakistan .

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