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

Album of Utagawa School prints

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Designer: Kunimasu, Utagawa
Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa
Designer: Yoshitora, Utagawa
Designer: Kuniyasu, Utagawa
Designer: Yoshikazu, Utagawa
Designer: Kuniyoshi, Utagawa
Designer: Kunichika, Toyohara
Designer: Yoshimori, Utagawa
Designer: Eisen, Keisai
Designer: Toyokuni II, Utagawa
Designer: Kunisato, Utagawa
Designer: Kunitomi, Utagawa
Designer: Sadafusa, Utagawa
Designer: Yoshifuji, Utagawa
Designer: Kunikage, Utagawa

Unidentified actors as Wada ?Shizumaro (R), Yamada Kôhei (C), Karaki Masaemon and his wife O-Tani (L)

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô
Blockcutter: Hori-Kane

Lovers in an interior with an attendant

Maker(s)

Designer: Koryûsai, Isoda

Bust portrait of Charlemagne

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Book

Shiohi no tsuto

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

An image of Book

Ehon mushi erami

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

An image of Print

Kômei bijin mitate Chûshingura junimai tsuzuki

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

An image of Book

Momo chidori

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

An image of Print

Lovers in an interior

Maker(s)

Designer: Harunobu, Suzuki

Risshû no kihan

Maker(s)

Designer: Kiyonaga, Torii

Komurasaki, of Kadotamaya

Maker(s)

Designer: Eishi, Hosoda

Ôtani Tomoemon I as Kasahari Hokkyo in Kazoe Uta Ta Ue Soga

Maker(s)

Designer: Shunshô, Katsukawa

Parody on Ariwara no Narihara's journey

Maker(s)

Designer: Masunobu

The young horseman

Maker(s)

Designer: Koryûsai, Isoda

Yukenrô

Maker(s)

Designer: Koryûsai, Isoda

Lovers dressed as komuso monks

Maker(s)

Designer: Koryûsai, Isoda

Parody of Cho Ryo and Koseki Ko

Maker(s)

Designer: Koryûsai, Isoda

Saigyô Hôshi contemplating Mount Fuji

Maker(s)

Designer: Koryûsai, Isoda

Chofu no Tamagawa

Maker(s)

Designer: Harunobu, Suzuki

Yûgure no yashiki

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

Coat of Arms of Jacob de Banissis

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

An artist decorating fans in the house of a noble lady

Maker(s)

Designer: Toyohiro, Utagawa

Title page for a folio of woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Horoscope of Stabius

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Springinklee, Hans
Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht (School)

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