Woodcut

Scope note

A relief process in which the design is cut into and printed from the plank side of a wood block; distinct from "wood engraving (process)," which is a relief process using the grain end of a wood block.

This term has 2,831 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053296

Broader Terms used

<relief printmaking processes>

Narrower Terms used

chiaroscuro woodcut
colour woodcuts

Term used for

printing, wood block
printing, woodcut
wood block printing
wood-block printing

Created

13yrs ago

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Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Hiranoya Tokubei in the play 'Tsuyu-shigure Sonezaki shinjû' performed at the Ichimura theatre, 1835/9/15.

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Ueda

Drydocked for scaling and painting

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wadsworth, Edward Alexander

Edo no hana yoru no fûkei

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon

Shôno Kameyama kan Morishita Hori no Rammaru

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Kobayashi Taijirô

Arajishi Otokonosuke Niki Danjô, Ne

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi

Shôkoku Kiyomori

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Kamaya Kihei

Kaigane Bunshichi

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Kagaya Yasubei

Kakutarô ga chichi Akaiwa Ikkaku

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada II, Utagawa
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô
Blockcutter: Tsushimo Shôjirô

Ama Myôchin

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada II, Utagawa
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô
Blockcutter: Tsushimo Shôjirô

Gogatsu Gorô Tokimune

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Designer: Kunisada II, Utagawa
Publisher: Kagaya Yasubei

Unuma Inuyama no shiro embô

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Mikawaya Tetsugorô

Miya Kagekiyo

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi
Blockcutter: Mino

An image of Print

Hana-no-en banshô Katsuragi

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Designer: Kunihisa, Utagawa
Publisher: Kakumotoya Kinjirô

An image of Print

Daiku Rokusa

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô

Woman writing with blossom trees in background

Maker(s)

Designer: Kuniyoshi, Utagawa

Woman seated with a brush and writing materials

Maker(s)

Designer: Kuniyoshi, Utagawa

Iwai Tojaku as O-Fusa, Ichikawa Ebizô as Hantoki Kurobei, and Onoe Kikogorô III as Omatari Matsuri Sashichi

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei

An image of Print

Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Hakamadare Yasuchika and Usui Sadamitsu battling a giant snake

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi

Ulrich Varnbüler

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

An image of Surimono

Onoe Kikugorô III and Iwai Kumesaburô II in the roles of lovers

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa

An image of Book

(Michiyuki) Koi no futozao

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

An image of Print

Asakusa tambo torinomachi môde

Maker(s)

Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa

An image of Surimono

Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Mongaku (bottom) and Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Fudô Myô-ô (top

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa

Christ Scourged

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Schäufelein, Hans Leonhard

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