Woodblock printing
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| '''Woodblock printing''' is a technique for [[printing]] text, images or patterns used widely throughout [[East Asia]] and probably originating in [[China]] in antiquity as a method of printing on [[paper]]. ''[[Ukiyo-e]]'' is the best known type of [[Japan]]ese woodblock art print.The technique was introduced in Europe around the 9th century and is generally regarded as the advent of [[visual culture]]. | '''Woodblock printing''' is a technique for [[printing]] text, images or patterns used widely throughout [[East Asia]] and probably originating in [[China]] in antiquity as a method of printing on [[paper]]. ''[[Ukiyo-e]]'' is the best known type of [[Japan]]ese woodblock art print.The technique was introduced in Europe around the 9th century and is generally regarded as the advent of [[visual culture]]. | ||
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Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and probably originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on paper. Ukiyo-e is the best known type of Japanese woodblock art print.The technique was introduced in Europe around the 9th century and is generally regarded as the advent of visual culture.
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