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

An image of Surimono

Yoshiwara Street at Night

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa

An image of Print

Sakyô no dayû Michimasa

Maker(s)

Designer: Kuniyoshi, Utagawa

An image of Print

Man lifting the dress of a woman

Maker(s)

Designer: Choki, Eishosai

An image of Print

Hôrin Temple Moon – Yokobue (Hôrinji no tsuki). From the series 100 aspects of the moon (Tsuki hyakkei)

Maker(s)

Designer: Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka

An image of Print

Courtesan returning to her lover

Maker(s)

Designer: Koryûsai, Isoda

An image of Book

The actors Sawamura Sōjūrō III (left), Segawa Kikunojō III (centre) as a courtesan and Kataoka Nizaemon VII (right) in a scene from a kabuki play

Maker(s)

Designer: Shun'ei, Katsukawa

An image of Print

Ichimura Takenojô as Abe no Yasuna

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa

An image of Print

A couple kissing whilst making love

Maker(s)

Designer: Shunchô, Katsukawa

An image of Print

Umegawa and Chûbei

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

An image of Print

A geisha with her lover

Maker(s)

Designer: Shunchô, Katsukawa

An image of Print

Looking cool: aspect of a geisha in the fifth or sixth year of Meiji [1872/1873] (Suzushisô Meiji goroku nen irai geigi no fûzoku)

Maker(s)

Designer: Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka

An image of Print

The night of waiting

Maker(s)

Designer: Kiyonobu,Torii I

An image of Print

The Yugao Chapter from The Tale of Genji (Genji yugao no maki)

Maker(s)

Designer: Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka

An image of Print

Yoshiwara

Maker(s)

Designer: Shunchô, Katsukawa

An image of Print

Matsubaya uchi Somenosuke

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

An image of Print

Lover taking leave of a courtesan

Maker(s)

Designer: Harunobu, Suzuki

Takamiya Taga Taisha Sasaki Genta Saemon

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô
Printer: Yokokawa Takejirô

Sannin Kichisa kuruwa no hatsugai, Ichimura

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Shôrindô
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô

Sentô Matsuemon, ?Shôdôya

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa
Publisher: ?Fujiokaya Keijirô

Itabashi Todagawa [??]

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Kagaya Yasubei (?)
Blockcutter: Takichi

Daichûnagon Yorimoto, Kiichi Hôgen

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô

Honchô jimbutsu shi

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei

Bandô Mitsugorô III as Shirofuji no Genta

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô

Actor as Rokusaburô the Carpenter with a giant carp

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô

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