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Woodblock Printing
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Glory of Chinese Printing 
 Containing hundreds of images, this extensive exhibit details the significance of printing in China, tracing its development from block printing to the invention of movable wood type, brass plates, and two-color techniques. Available in English and Chinese. The site may load slowly but is worth the wait. http://www.cgan.com/english/english/cpg/indexen.htm Topics: History By Place, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Technology Last updated Oct 24, 2002 Kunisada and Kabuki
This online exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints is devoted to depictions of Kabuki actors by the artist Kunisada, later known as Toyokuni Utagawa. Woodblock printing was part of the cultural phenomenon, the "floating world" of pleasure ("ukiyo"), developed in Tokyo (then Edo) during Japan's Edo period (1603-1868). From The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England. http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gallery/japan/gallery/KUN/kunisada/Intro/main.htm Topics: Art by Region, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Oct 9, 2004 Taiwan: Culture
Information on arts and crafts, dance, music, drama, literature, sculpture, the film industry, and other aspects of modern Taiwanese culture. From the Government Information Office, Republic of China (Taiwan). http://english.www.gov.tw/lp.asp?CtNode=923&CtUnit=341&BaseDSD=7&mp=1 Topics: Art by Region, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Apr 6, 2008 UCSF Japanese Woodblock Print Collection
This digitized collection of almost 400 Japanese woodblock prints "illustrates a wide variety of health-related topics. The prints provide a window into traditional Japanese attitudes toward illness, the human body, women, religion, and the West." Searchable; or view prints by themes such as contagious disease, drug advertisements, and religion and health. From the Library and Center for Knowledge Management at the University of California, San Francisco. http://asian.library.ucsf.edu/ Topics: Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Jul 7, 2008 Viewing Japanese Prints
A well-designed site on woodblock printing, Viewing Japanese Prints provides overviews of the Ukiyo-e ("Pictures of the Floating World"), Shin Hanga ("New Prints"), and Sôsaku Hanga ("Creative Prints") traditions (containing profiles and works by representative artists), and Selected Topics of Japanese print studies (including Aniline Dyes , Death Prints , Reading Scripts & Seals , and Stencil Prints ). Examples from the 17th through 20th centuries are shown. Also features a FAQ and links. http://www.viewingjapaneseprints.net/ Topics: Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Sep 9, 2009 |
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