VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM CATALOGUES
TOOLS AND MATERIALS ILLUSTRATING THE JAPANESE METHOD OF COLOUR-PRINTING
A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION EXHIBITED IN THE MUSEUM
By Edward Strange
UTAMARO.—Yedo Meibutsu Nishikiye Kosaku. “The making of colour-prints, the famous product of Yedo: after the engraver's rough engraving the design is carefully carved.” An illustration of the carving of wood-blocks fancifully represented as being done by women. From a print in the Victoria and Albert Museum. J. 5040.
Contents
- [PREFATORY NOTE]
- [HISTORICAL NOTE]
- [THE DRAWING]
- [CUTTING THE BLOCK]
- [PRINTING]
- [PAPER]
- [BOOKS OF REFERENCE]