Open Japanese book page with kana text and woodblock illustration – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Open Japanese book page with kana text and woodblock illustration comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Open Japanese book page with kana text and woodblock illustration
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A double-page spread from a Japanese illustrated book, with kana text running beside a woodblock illustration, shows how closely the printed word and the picture were once worked together. Books like this were made in the Edo period, when commercial publishers in Japan used carved blocks to reproduce both text and images in large runs at modest cost. Look at the way the lines of script and the drawn scene share the same page: the carver had to cut fine calligraphic strokes and bold outlines from the same kind of wood, and the result is a reminder that woodblock printing was as much a publishing craft as an art form.
| Original scan | 3,673 × 4,564 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3g08731_ |
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