- Japanese Culture Group
- Akama laboratory
- Akama Lab Archives
- Websites with materials on Japanese culture and art
- Kimura laboratory
- Wada laboratory
- John Carpenter laboratory
- Furukawa laboratory
April 29, 2011
Visit to look at woodblock collections
The following members went to see the woodblocks of the Takahashi family, which produced five generations of wood-block printers.
Date: April 29 (Fri.), 10:00~
Participants: Akama, Kaneko, Takashi Uchida
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In the storage area, each woodblock was carefully wrapped up in newspaper and accompanied by print samples and identification tags. Colored woodblock prints of nature scenes were the most common, and there were also reproductions of large nishiki-e (brocade pictures).
Normally, primary plates are of high quality and color plates are not, but even the color plates in the Takahashi family collection were prepared from high-quality blocks. We were also able to see woodblocks that were reused for hanpon printing and rare engraving techniques.
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At the Japanese Culture Research Group, we will continue our research with particular consideration to the acquirement of future materials.
- Recent Entries
- 1st Nishikawa Sukenobu Conference
- INKE Research Foundations for Understanding Books and Reading in a Digital Age: Text and Beyond
- Japan Society of Publishing Studies Fall 2011 Meeting
- IAJS Convention
- Research talk at the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies at Oxford University
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