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ARTH 225: Pleasure and Design in Confinement: Japanese Prints In and After Edo: Printing: Videos, Technology

Ukiyo-e Technique Vidoes

Printing Technology

Sugeta - Front

Sugeta (hinged mold) is used in Japanese Papermaking.

(Terrell Main Library - Special Collections)           Photo Credit: Visual Resources, Oberlin College Libraries

Sugeta - Back

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Woodblock - Japan

Japanese Woodblock of Sūtra of Long-life Bodhisattva Jizō with Japanese Annotation and Illustration

延命地藏經和訓圖會 (Enmi Jizōkyō wakun zue)

Kaei 嘉永 year 7  [1854]

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Woodblock - Other side

Japanese Woodblock of Sūtra of Long-life Bodhisattva Jizō with Japanese Annotation and Illustration

延命地藏經和訓圖會 (Enmi Jizōkyō wakun zue)

Kaei 嘉永 year 7  [1854]

(Terrell Main Library - Special Collections)           Photo Credit: Visual Resources, Oberlin College Libraries

Woodblock - Korea

Korean Woodblock of Confucius Texts

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Woodblock - Other side

Korean Woodblock of Confucius Texts

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Woodblock - Japan

Alternative format of Woodblock - Japan 

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Progression of Printing Blocks for Hiroshige’s Print “Shoya” from 53 Stations from Tokaido 錦繪褶立順序

Date:   Meiji明治25 [1892]                 ArtistUtagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重(1797-1858)           

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Progression of Printing Blocks for Hiroshige’s Print “Shoya” from 53 Stations from Tokaido 錦繪褶立順序

Date:   Meiji明治25 [1892]                 Artist:  Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重(1797-1858)           

(Terrell Main Library - Special Collections)           Photo Credit: Visual Resources, Oberlin College Libraries

Progression of Printing Blocks for Hiroshige’s Print “Shoya” from 53 Stations from Tokaido 錦繪褶立順序

Date:   Meiji明治25 [1892]                 Artist:  Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重(1797-1858)           

(Terrell Main Library - Special Collections)           Photo Credit: Visual Resources, Oberlin College Libraries

Progression of Printing Blocks for Hiroshige’s Print “Shoya” from 53 Stations from Tokaido 錦繪褶立順序

Date:   Meiji明治25 [1892]                 Artist:  Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重(1797-1858)           

(Terrell Main Library - Special Collections)           Photo Credit: Visual Resources, Oberlin College Libraries

Progression of Printing Blocks for Hiroshige’s Print “Shoya” from 53 Stations from Tokaido 錦繪褶立順序

Date:   Meiji明治25 [1892]                 Artist:  Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重(1797-1858)           

(Terrell Main Library - Special Collections)           Photo Credit: Visual Resources, Oberlin College Libraries

Paul Arnold Prints

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Paul Arnold Prints 2

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Paul Arnold Prints 3

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Paul Arnold Prints 4

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Sources for Illustrated Books

1. Japanese illustrated books (Smithsonian Collection)

2. Digital Collection of Rare Illustrated Books (Library of Congress)

3. Mary A. Ainsworth Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books (Oberlin College Libraries)

4. Artist and Illustrated Books Digital Collection (New York City Public Library)

5. Rare Book Collection (Ritsumeikan University 立命館大学所蔵貴重書アーカイブ 日本文学)

6. The Landmarks of Edo in Color Woodblock Prints  (National Diet Library, Japan 國立國會図書館) 

Japanese Prints & Illustrated Books from Special Collections

Edo period Illustrated Book  図說江戶風俗

Mary A. Ainsworth Japanese Illustrated Books

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Edo period Illustrated Book  図說江戶風俗

Mary A. Ainsworth Japanese Illustrated Books

(Terrell Main Library - Special Collections)           Photo Credit: Visual Resources, Oberlin College Libraries

Edo period Illustrated Book  図說江戶武士

Mary A. Ainsworth Japanese Illustrated Books

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The Collection of Woodblock Prints by Okyo 應舉聚美畫譜

Meiji 27 [1894]

Mary A. Ainsworth Japanese Illustrated Books

(Terrell Main Library - Special Collections)           Photo Credit: Visual Resources, Oberlin College Libraries

The Collection of Woodblock Prints by Okyo 應舉聚美畫譜

Meiji 27 [1894]

Mary A. Ainsworth Japanese Illustrated Books

(Terrell Main Library - Special Collections)           Photo Credit: Visual Resources, Oberlin College Libraries

The Collection of Woodblock Prints by Okyo 應舉聚美畫譜

Meiji 27 [1894]

Mary A. Ainsworth Japanese Illustrated Books

(Terrell Main Library - Special Collections)           Photo Credit: Visual Resources, Oberlin College Libraries

The Collection of Woodblock Prints by Okyo 應舉聚美畫譜

Meiji 27 [1894]

Mary A. Ainsworth Japanese Illustrated Books

(Terrell Main Library - Special Collections)           Photo Credit: Visual Resources, Oberlin College Libraries

Illustrated Book of Famous Places in Kyoto    図說京都名勝

Mary A. Ainsworth Japanese Illustrated Books

(Terrell Main Library - Special Collections)           Photo Credit: Visual Resources, Oberlin College Libraries

Illustrated Book of Famous Places in Kyoto    図說京都名勝

Mary A. Ainsworth Japanese Illustrated Books

(Terrell Main Library - Special Collections)           Photo Credit: Visual Resources, Oberlin College Libraries

Illustrated Book of Famous Places in Edo    図說江戶名勝

Mary A. Ainsworth Japanese Illustrated Books

(Terrell Main Library - Special Collections)           Photo Credit: Visual Resources, Oberlin College Libraries