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 for printing books in the same period.
The custody and conservation of the manuscripts and block-prints of the Berlin Turfan Collection was entrusted by a contract for a depositum in 1992 to the Oriental Department of the Berlin State Library- Prussian Cultural Heritage.
Printed matter such as book covers and decorated envelopes combining a uniquely woodblock print softness of texture with modern design also brought color to the lives of the people.
Consisting of some 220 works, primarily from the collection but also including some new works by contemporary artists, this exhibition demonstrates the attractiveness of woodblock print expression across historical periods.
The history from the start of the 19th century of the production of playing cards is clearly explained and laid out. A wood-block printing machine from that period is also on display.
Calendar Poster for Qidong Tobacco Co.| Fukuoka Asian Art Museum In the new year period, wood block prints of images of people and patterns representing good fortune are fixed to houses in China as a custom wishing good luck upon the house for the whole year.
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During the golden age of landscape prints led by Hokusai and Hiroshige, the advanced skills of shading and printing by subtly layering colors to express the weather and the passage of time peaked, and Japanese woodblock printing techniques became globally unrivaled.
By the development of the age of Internet, we can easily access and share other cultures images. He is interested in their unique visual cultures and its process how they have developed, such as crafts of Huichol tribe from Northern Mexico and Japanese wood block paintings.
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