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

Connected records

Sanjûrokkasen

Maker(s)

Designer: Shunshô, Katsukawa

Segawa Kikunojô I as Oroku ga ichinen (seated) with Tamasawa Saijirô as Koshô Umesaburô

Maker(s)

Designer: Kiyomasu II, Torii

Hunting party

Maker(s)

Designer: Toyohiro, Utagawa

Images de Saints et Saintes issus de la Famille de l'Empereur Maximillien I

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Beck, Leonhard (After)
Draughtsman: Burgkmair, Hans, the elder (Formerly after)
Printer: Bartsch, Adam von
Blockcutter: Resch, Wolfgang

Court ladies viewing red plum blossom

Maker(s)

Designer: Hokusai, Katsushika

An image of Print

Kômei bijin mitate Chûshingura junimai tsuzuki

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

An image of Print

Kômei bijin mitate Chûshingura junimai tsuzuki

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

An image of Print

Flirting by a waterfall

Maker(s)

Designer: Harunobu, Suzuki

An image of Print

Kômei bijin mitate Chûshingura junimai tsuzuki

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

An image of Print

Kômei bijin mitate Chûshingura junimai tsuzuki

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

Portrait of the actor Ichikawa Yaozô I (1730-1759)

Maker(s)

Designer: Enkyo, Kabukido

St Anthony of Padua performing a miracle

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Kirkall, Elisha
Draughtsman: Zuccari, Federico (After)

Ichikawa Monnosuke II peforming a New Year Dance

Maker(s)

Designer: Shunjô, Katsukawa

Ohara-me

Maker(s)

Designer: Hokusai, Katsushika

Go-ban Tadanobu defending himself with a Go table

Maker(s)

Designer: Shunshô, Katsukawa

An image of Print

Kômei bijin mitate Chûshingura junimai tsuzuki

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

An image of Print

Kômei bijin mitate Chûshingura junimai tsuzuki

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

An image of Print

Kômei bijin mitate Chûshingura junimai tsuzuki

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

Bust of Solon, facing left (?)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Bill head

Bill-head of John Skyrm, Hosier and Haberdasher, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Kintoki and his black bear

Maker(s)

Designer: Kiyonaga, Torii

Ono no Komach

Maker(s)

Designer: Kiyonaga, Torii

An image of Print

The actor Ichikawa Danjûrô V as the monk Shunkan

Maker(s)

Designer: Shunshô, Katsukawa

Sunrise on New Year's Day

Maker(s)

Designer: Koryûsai, Isoda

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