Wood-Block Printing / Tomikichiro Tokuriki

Identifier:REF.PM.2120

Dimensions:127 p. : ill. (with color) ; 15 cm

Copyright dates:1968

Creation dates:1969

Subjects: Wood-engraving, Japanese -- 20th century, block printing, woodblocks

Description:"I have tried to write the book for those who wish to learn the exquisite technique of Japanese wood-block printing as well as for those who, as amateurs, wish to enjoy making woodblock prints by simple ways and means..." - forward by Tomikichiro Tokuriki Series: Hoikusha Color Books, No. 14 Table of Contents -- About Wood-Block Prints -- How to Make Multicolored Wood-Block Prints -- Different Kinds of Printing -- All Types of Blocks -- Let Us Try to Make One of Our Own -- An Application of Wood-Blocks -- The History of Japanese Prints -- Special Techniques Used for Japanese Chromatic Wood-Block Prints -- Techniques Used by Landscape Artists Hokusai and Hiroshige -- Chinese Prints -- Japanese Wood-Block Prints in European and American Museums -- An Application of Picture Printing -- A List of Contemporary Picture Print Artists - Index of Tomikichiro Tokuriki's Work