... Japanese wood-cutting and wood-cut printing (1894)
Tokuno, T, Koehler, S. R. (Sylvester Rosa), 1837-1900 · Washington : Govt. print. off. · leaf 37
. It is interesting to compare the representation of a Japanese wood- cutter (PI. vi) with the oldest known representation of a European wood cutter (Fig. 2), here reproduced from Jost Amman’s “Beschrei- bung aller Stande” (generally, although not quite correctly, called “Book of Trades”)?… … The modern Japanese docu- Fig. 2. A European Wood-Cutter of the xvi. Century. ment may therefore serve ( From Jost Amman’s “ Book of Trades,” 1568. ) 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 grinding…
Wood-engraving · Color prints, Japanese
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