Uchida Wood Block Printing Co., LTD:
Japanese Wood Block Prints, Kyoto, Uchida Wood Block Printing Co., LTD, undated but ca 1950, 12mo (5 x 7 in - 12.5 x 17.9 cm), string tied pamphlet with 8 pages (four folded pages) of English text and black and white illustrations and 24 loose plates with a woodblock print tipped to each plate. The covers (front and back) of the pamphlet are illustrated with woodblock prints. The first five pages are an English text essay on "The Outline of Japanese Wood Block Print." The final three pages of the pamphlet are illustrations, with captions, which depict the carving and printing tools used in the production of wood block prints. Accompanying the pamphlet are 22 loose plates. Each plate measures 8 1/4 x 6 in (15.1 x 21.1 cm) and has a woodblock print measuring 5 3/4 x 3 7/8 in (14.6 x 9.8 cm) tipped to the page. The folio of 22 plates demonstrates, block by block, the creation of a color wood block print. The plates are numbered A1~A11 and B1-B11. The "A" plates represent the individual blocks used to create the plate. The "B" plates show the woodblock plate as it progresses to completion after the application of the successive blocks shown in the "A" plates. Plate B11 shows the completed color woodblock print after blocks A1~A11 have been applied. The folio is housed in a cardboard box with the completed woodblock print (ie B11) tipped onto the lid.

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Individual Plates (Examples of the 24)
Plate Measures 8 1/4 x 6 in - 15.1 x 21.1 cm
Tipped on Woodblock Measures 5 3/4 x 3 7/8 in - 14.6 x 9.8 cm 

   
   
   
   
   

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Books/Folios With Actual Color Woodblock Prints Illustrating the Process of Color Woodblock Printing:

• 1907, Process of Wood-Cut Printing, The Shimbi Shoin, Tokyo, 127 pairs of prints.
• 1907, Process of Wood-Cut Printing Explained, The Shimbi Shoin, Tokyo
• c1916-c1920, Process of Wood-Cut Printing Explained, (Two Ladies in a Boat), The Shimbi Shoin, Tokyo, more information here.
• c1920, Process of Wood-Cut Printing Explained (Lady Fishing), The Shimbi Shoin, Tokyo, more information here.
• c1940, Process of Wood-block Printing, Nishinomiya & Hasegawa, Inc, Tokyo, more information here.
• c1950, The Process of Wood-block Color Printing, Takamizawa Mokubansha., Tokyo?, more information here.
• c1950, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Uchida Wood Block Printing Co. Ltd, Kyoto, more information here.
• c1950, The Process of Color-Block Printing (Fuji and Trees), S. Watanabe, Tokyo (Ginza), more information here.
• c1950, The Process of Color-Block Printing (Fuji and Wave), S. Watanabe, Tokyo (Ginza), more information here.
• c1953, Process of Wood-block Printing (Fuji and Wave), probably Nishinomiya/Hasegawa, Tokyo, more information here.
• c1953, Process of Wood-block Printing (Winter Scene with Temple & Lantern), probably Nishinomiya/Hasegawa, Tokyo, more information here.
• c1956, Process of Printing Wood Engraving, Unso-do Co., Kyoto, Utamaro, two women cooking from "One of Twelve Sketches of Handicraft Arts for Women," more information here.
• c1956, Process of Printing Wood Engraving, Unso-do Co., Kyoto, Utamaro, "Waitress Okita from the Naniwaya Tearoom," more information here.
• c1963 The Process of Wood-block Color Printing, (Hiroshige's "Night Scene at Kambara"), H. Nakazawa, Tokyo, more information here.
• c1970, Process Book of Woodblock Printing, Uchida Uchida Art Co., LTD., more information here.

 
Available for Purchase (Process Books):

• c1940, Process of Wood-block Printing, Nishinomiya & Hasegawa, Inc, Tokyo, purchase here.
• c1950, The Process of Wood-block Color Printing, Takamizawa Mokubansha., Tokyo?, purchase here.
• c1956, Process of Printing Wood Engraving, Unso-do Co. ("Red Lantern" Label), Kyoto, Utamaro, two women cooking from "One of Twelve Sketches of Handicraft Arts for Women," purchase here.
• c1970, Process Book of Woodblock Printing, Uchida Uchida Art Co., LTD., purchase here.

 
Available for Purchase (Other Books):

• 1937, One Hundred Masterpieces of Famous Ukiyoye, Takamizawa Colour Print Studio, Tokyo, purchase here.