Early, to 13th century
In 764 the Empress Kōken commissioned one million small wooden pagodas, each containing a small woodblock scroll printed with a Buddhist text (Hyakumantō Darani). These were … See more

The technique for printing texts and images was generally similar. The obvious differences were the volume produced when working with … See more

• List of ukiyo-e terms
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• Encyclopedia of Woodblock Printmaking by David Bull
• Creating a Woodblock Print From Start to Finish Video (42 mins)
• Ukiyo-e.org Japanese Woodblock print search engine See more

Japanese printmaking, as with many other features of Japanese art, tended to organize itself into schools and movements. The most notable schools (see also schools of ukiyo-e artists) and, later, movements of moku-hanga were:
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• Whitmore, Paul M.; Cass, Glen R. (February 1988). "The Ozone Fading of Traditional Japanese Colorants". Studies in Conservation. Maney Publishing on behalf of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. 33 (1): 29–40. See more