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 2,851 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

14yrs ago

Connected records

Illustration to Morris's Sigurd The Volsung

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hooper, William Harcourt
Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward
Printer: Kelmscott Press

Self Portrait, full face

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Kollwitz, Käthe

Illustration for the projected Essex House Press Bible

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Strang, William
Printmaker: Hooper, William Harcourt

A young girl standing on the bank of a stream sees a vision of two women

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pissarro, Lucien

Illustration to Poe's Tales

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bliss, Douglas Percy

E. Malinberg

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sahlén, Artur Oliver Julianus

Les Bretonnes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Séguin, Armand

An image of Print

Daiku Rokusa

Maker(s)

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

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

An image of Print

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

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi

Arajishi Otokonosuke Niki Danjô, Ne

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi

Pan and Echo

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ricketts, Charles de Sousy
Printer: Vale Press

Edo no hana yoru no fûkei

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon

The Marriage of Daphnis and Chloe

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ricketts, Charles de Sousy
Printer: Vale Press

Miya Kagekiyo

Maker(s)

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

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

Gogatsu Gorô Tokimune

Maker(s)

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

Shôkoku Kiyomori

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Kamaya Kihei

An image of Print

Hana-no-en banshô Katsuragi

Maker(s)

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

Kakutarô ga chichi Akaiwa Ikkaku

Maker(s)

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

Unuma Inuyama no shiro embô

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Mikawaya Tetsugorô

Shôno Kameyama kan Morishita Hori no Rammaru

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Kobayashi Taijirô

Gnatho overhears the lamentations of Daphnis

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ricketts, Charles de Sousy
Printer: Vale Press

Kaigane Bunshichi

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Kagaya Yasubei

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