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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

Benkei arresting the priest Tosoba

Maker(s)

Designer: Masayoshi, Kitao

Sudare-shi

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

An image of Print

Ichikawa Omezô I as the servant Ippei

Maker(s)

Designer: Sharaku, Tôshûsai

Onoe Matsusuke I as a Daimyo standing beneath a branch of maple

Maker(s)

Designer: Shunkô, Katsukawa

St Jerome in the wilderness

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Kirkall, Elisha
Painter: Farinati, Paolo (After)

An image of Print

Figures on a raft

Maker(s)

Designer: Toyokuni, Utagawa

An image of Print

Kômei bijin mitate Chûshingura junimai tsuzuki

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

The conversion of St Paul

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Kirkall, Elisha
Draughtsman: Palma Giovane (Jacopo Negretti) (After)

St Jerome

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Kirkall, Elisha
Draughtsman: Farinati, Paolo (After)

Shizuka Gozen dancing before Minamoto Yoritomo

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

Takanawa kihan

Maker(s)

Designer: Koryûsai, Isoda

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

Noah's sacrifice

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Kirkall, Elisha
Draughtsman: Bisschop, Jan de (After)
Painter: Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (After)

Unidentified scene with a man kneeling in front of another man holding an open book; saints holding palm leaves on the left

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Kirkall, Elisha
Draughtsman: Unknown (After)

Twilight, Portsmouth’s Finest Hour Too

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gorvett, Don

Quadrant IV

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Salter, Rebecca

Shadow Cast I

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Salter, Rebecca

Turquoise II

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Salter, Rebecca

Lines number I

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Salter, Rebecca

Weft I

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Salter, Rebecca

Spectrum III

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Salter, Rebecca

Quadrant II

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Salter, Rebecca

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