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Process of Wood-Cut Printing Explained, Tokyo, The Shimbi Shoin, 1920, large 18mo (4 7/8 x 6 1/4 in) string tied, stiff wraps with a color woodcut on the front cover, 44 pp (4 page introduction printed on two folded sheets and 40 pages of woodcuts). The woodcut pages are printed on single sheets and then joined along the outside edge with glue. A step by step illustrated guide to how color woodcut prints are made. Using a single print (Ukiyoe school, lady fishing) as the basis for the guide, as you go through the book a color woodblock (woodcut) print progresses through the various manufacturing stages to become a completed image. Each color (even shades of the same color) requires a different block and this is demonstrated step by step. The book contains a 4 page introduction (printed on 2 folded pages) and the balance consists of 20 woodcuts on the left page and the resulting cumulative state of the woodblock print on the right page. The introduction is printed on thinner paper than the pages with the actual woodblock illustrations. The woodcuts are printed on thick high quality tannish hosho paper. The book is dated to 1920 by the date of "January 10, 1920" found on the 4th page of the introduction. There is no colophon in this book. The front cover of the book is the woodblock print in the final state as shown on the 40th page of the book.
For information on a very similar book which uses "Two Beauties in a Boat" by Kiyonaga as the basis for the guide, click here.
Text Pages
Wood-Cut Plates
No Colophon
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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 Mokuhansha., 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 Engravings, Unso-do Co., Kyoto, 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:
- c1940, Process of Wood-block Printing, Nishinomiya & Hasegawa, Inc, Tokyo, purchase here.
- c1950, The Process of Wood-block Color Printing, Takamizawa Mokuhansha., Tokyo?, purchase here.
- c1950, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Uchida Wood Block Printing Co., Ltd, Kyoto, purchase 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, purchase here.
- c1953, Process of Wood-block Printing (Winter Scene with Temple & Lantern), probably Nishinomiya/Hasegawa, Tokyo, purchase here.
- c1956, Process of Printing Wood Engravings, Unso-do Co., Kyoto, purchase here.
- c1956, Process of Printing Wood Engravings, Unso-do Co. ("Red Lantern" Label), Kyoto, purchase here.
- c1970, Process Book of Woodblock Printing, Uchida Uchida Art Co., LTD., more information here.
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