Process of wood-cut printing = Mokuhanga junjosuri.
Process of wood-cut printing = 木版畫順序摺.
| Format: | Book |
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| Language: | Japanese |
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[Kyoto, Japan] :
[Unso-do Co.?],
[1930?]
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| Item Description: | Title from label on cover. Progressive color proofs presented in an accordian fold, illustrates in each of its successive pages the process used to print wood-cuts. Each page shows the addition of a new block, printed in a new color. The blocks are overprinted until the completed full-color wood-cut on the final page. Each block also printed separeatly on facing pages. Print shows two men poling sampans on the Ohta River beneath a full moon. Taken from the series: Kisokaidō rokujū kyūtsugi no uchi : 69 stages of the Kisokaido, #32, Seba. Originally published between 1834 and 1842. The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy contains a bookseller's description. Purchased for the Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design collection by The Cushing Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 folded sheet (18 numbered prints on double leaves) : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 x 37 cm |
| Related Items: | The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive. |