Library of Books on Woodblock Printmaking


SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM

 

JAPANESE WOOD-CUTTING
AND
WOOD-CUT PRINTING

 

BY

MR. T. TOKUNO

(Edited By S.R. KOEHLER, Curator, Section of Graphic Arts)



From the Report of the U.S. National Museum for 1892, pages 221-224 (with Plates IV-XIII)

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1894


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CONTENTS

Section One

(Original) Editor's Introduction

221

MR. T. TOKUNO'S COMMUNICATION

222

The Woods used and their Preparation

222

The Tools of the Engraver

222

Section Two

The Originals Furnished to the Engraver ...

223

Aim of Japanese Wood cutting

224

Manner of Handling the Engraving Tools

224

Difference Between Old and Modern Japanese Methods of Wood-Cutting

224

Papers used for Printing, and their Treatment

225

Printing on Silk

225

Pigments and Vehicles used for Printing

226

Section Three

The Tools of the Printer

229

Section Four

The Printer and Printing

230

Cost of Designs, Engraving and Printing

232

Section Five

Notes by the (Original) Editor (First part ...)

232

Section Six

Notes by the (Original) Editor (Second part ...)

232

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