Woodblock printing

Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text or images used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China sometime between the mid-6th and late 9th centuries. Japanese woodblock prints are known as ukiyo-e.

External sources

• Jonathan Bloom, Paper Before Print. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001.
• Tsuen-Hsuin, Tsien. Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 5, Part 1: Paper and Printing. Cambridge University Press, 1993.