Historic map, Library of Congress The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart The Atlantic Neptune, nautical chart Chʻŏnha chido. Woodblock prints were provided by the Library of Congress and cover the period from 1600 to 1980. From 1915: Shin-hanga "New Prints" school, including Hasui Kawase and Hiroshi Yoshida From 1904: Sōsaku-hanga, "Creative Prints" movement From 1842: Utagawa school, including the artists Kunisada and Hiroshige From 1794: Kitagawa school, including the artists Utamaro I, Kikumaro I and II From 1786: Hokusai school, including the artists Hokusai, Hokuei and Gakutei From 1725: Kawamata school including the artists Suzuki Harunobu and Koryusai From 1720s: Katasukawa school, including the artists Shunsho and Shuntei This collection describes Japanese printmaking different schools and movements. That is why those prints had colors so vivid, as well as glazes, and transparency. Its original name is ‘moku-hanga’ and it has a wide usage in artistic genre of ‘ukiyo-e’.Īs opposed to western tradition, where artists used oil-based inks for woodcuts, moku-hanga technique uses water-based inks. This technique originated from China, where it was used to print books for many centuries. Woodblock printing appeared in Japan at the beginning of Edo period, when Tokugawa shogunate was ruled by the Japanese society. Woodblock printing had been used in China for centuries to print books, long before the advent of movable type, but was widely adopted in Japan during the Edo period (1603-1868). Woodblock printing in Japan (木版画, moku-hanga) 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.
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