Woodblock printing or block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in...

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...

Woodblock printing on textiles is the process of printing patterns on fabrics, typically linen, cotton, or silk, by means of carved wooden blocks. The...

pottery imprints, and cloth printing. Initially a method of printing patterns on cloth such as silk, woodblock printing for texts on paper originated...

pressing an inked image onto paper (using woodblock printing) appeared later that century. Later developments in printing technology include the movable type...

of printing called mechanical woodblock printing on paper started in China during the 7th century in the Tang dynasty. The use of woodblock printing spread...

history of Woodblock printing in Korea (목판인쇄) contains a famous history like the Tripitaka Koreana. The world's oldest surviving woodblock print is thought...

musical instrument Woodblock printing, a method of printing in which an image is carved into the surface of a piece of wood Woodblock graffiti Toy block, a type...

their own woodblocks for printing; rather, production was divided between the artist, who designed the prints; the carver, who cut the woodblocks; the printer...

enormous printing projects using woodblock movable type printing during the 18th century. Although superseded by western printing techniques, woodblock movable...

the sheets were tied together with a string to bind like a book. In woodblock printing, a relief image of an entire page is carved into blocks of wood, inked...

geographical works. Notable innovations included the development of woodblock printing. Buddhism became a major influence in Chinese culture, with native...

printed on the paper. By the Song dynasty, woodblock printing came to its heyday. Although woodblock printing played an influential role in spreading culture...

transfer the inks. After 1888, block printing was only used for short-run specialized jobs. After 1880, profits from printing fell due to overcapacity and the...

or stippled to score cavities to contain the printing ink; and woodblock printing or letterpress printing, wherein ink is applied to the raised surfaces...

hand tool with a flat bottom and a knotted handle used in Japanese woodblock printing. It is used to burnish (firmly rub) the back of a sheet of paper,...

was enhanced by the rapid expansion of woodblock printing and the 11th-century invention of movable type printing. Philosophers such as Cheng Yi and Zhu...

attraction beyond the limits of a pattern or design. Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East...

to simpler black and white or monochrome printing). Woodblock printing on textiles preceded printing on paper in both East Asia and Europe, and the use...

press's invention included: manufacturing of paper, development of ink, woodblock printing, and invention of eyeglasses. At the same time, a number of medieval...

the Edo period (1603–1867), when woodblock printing became comparatively affordable and widespread. Movable-type printing had been used from the late 16th...

Offset printing is a common printing technique in which the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the...

process that woodblock printing was, Bi Sheng, a key contributor to the history of printing, invented the process of Movable type printing (1041–1048 CE)...

Dot matrix printing, sometimes called impact matrix printing, is a computer printing process in which ink is applied to a surface using a relatively low-resolution...

accurately record events such as solar eclipses and lunar eclipses. Woodblock printing was used to disseminate Buddhist sutras and Confucian works. During...

Laser printing is an electrostatic digital printing process. It produces high-quality text and graphics (and moderate-quality photographs) by repeatedly...

Daisy wheel printing is an impact printing technology invented in 1970 by Andrew Gabor at Diablo Data Systems. It uses interchangeable pre-formed type...

developments in woodblock printing, timekeeping, mechanical engineering, medicine, and structural engineering. The popularization of woodblock printing during...

Thermal printing (or direct thermal printing) is a digital printing process which produces a printed image by passing paper with a thermochromic coating...

at Somerset House. The painting includes inspiration from Japanese woodblock printing. In this self-portrait, Van Gogh portrays himself in a blue cap with...