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[[Image:The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Great Wave off Kanagawa]]'' ([[1820s]]), [[woodblock printing in Japan|woodblock printing]] by [[Hokusai]]]] [[Image:The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Great Wave off Kanagawa]]'' ([[1820s]]), [[woodblock printing in Japan|woodblock printing]] by [[Hokusai]]]]
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-'''Woodblock printing in [[Japan]]''' is a technique best known for its use in the ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artistic genre; however, it was also used very widely for printing books in the same period. [[Woodblock printing]] had been used in [[China]] for centuries to print books, long before the advent of [[movable type]], but was only widely adopted in [[Japan]] surprisingly late, during the [[Edo period]] (1603-1867). The technique is essentially the same as that which is called [[woodcut]] in Western [[printmaking]].+'''Edo period''' is a division of [[History of Japan|Japanese history]] running from 1603 to 1868 and is the [[premodern]] era. The period marks the governance of the [[Edo]] or [[Tokugawa shogunate]], which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo [[shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. The period ended with the [[Meiji Restoration]], the restoration of [[imperial]] [[Governance|rule]] by the 15th and last shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]]. The Edo period is also known as the beginning of the early modern period of Japan.
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Edo period is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 and is the premodern era. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. The period ended with the Meiji Restoration, the restoration of imperial rule by the 15th and last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. The Edo period is also known as the beginning of the early modern period of Japan.



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