Japanese wood-cutting and wood-cut printing (1894)
Tokuno, T. no2009193345, Koehler, S. R. (Sylvester Rosa), 1837-1900 · Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office · leaf 39
t is interesting to compare the representation of a Japanese wood- cutter (PI. \i) with the oldest known representation of a Euvoi)ean wood-cutter (Fig. 2), here reproduced from Jost Amman's "Beschrei- bung aller Staiide" (generally, although not quite correctly, called "Book of Trades"), published… … The modern Japanese docu- Fifr. 2. A European Wood Cltter of the xvi. Centuby. ment may therefore serve { From Jost Ammiin's " Uiiok of Triules," 1668. ) to confirm the correctness of Jost Amman's delineation. Of the shape of the knife used by the old wood-cutters of Europe and of the way of…
Wood-engraving · Color prints · Printing
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