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The washi would then be glued to a block of wood and using the drawing s outlines as a guide the artist would carve the image into its surface.
The artist would then apply ink to the relief.
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Ukiyo e is the best known type of japanese woodblock art print.
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To create a woodblock print in the traditional japanese style an artist would first draw an image onto washi a thin yet durable type of paper.
Most european uses of the technique for printing images on paper are covered by the art term woodcut except for the block books produced mainly in the 15th century in india.
Woodblock printing in japan 木版画 mokuhanga 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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Ukiyo e a form of japanese print art that translates as pictures of the floating world captured the exciting urban popular culture of the edo period 1603 1868 promoting its beauty fashions and heroes.
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