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The 34 pages that link to Japanese woodblock printing, each with the reason it gives.

• Ukiyo-eNarrower topic: The process made ukiyo-e prints reproducible and enabled complex color images.

• Nishiki-eNarrower topic: Nishiki-e expanded this established printing method by assigning different colors to separate blocks.

• Shin-hangaNarrower topic: Shin-hanga depended on this older craft’s precision and division of labor.

• Utagawa KuniyoshiNarrower topic: Its collaborative production shaped the colors, outlines, and scale of Kuniyoshi’s prints.

• SurimonoNarrower topic: Its color-printing techniques enabled surimono’s finely layered images.

• Benizuri-eNarrower topic: Benizuri-e used this process, with separate blocks for its colors.

• Aizuri-eNarrower topic: Aizuri-e uses this process to layer blue areas and line work.

• Toyohara ChikanobuNarrower topic: Chikanobu’s images depended on this collaborative printmaking process.

• Uki-eNarrower topic: Uki-e uses the established Japanese woodblock process to reproduce perspective compositions.

• Urushi-eNarrower topic: Urushi-e adapted this established method to create dark, lacquer-like printed surfaces.

• UtamaroNarrower topic: Publishers and specialist craftsmen reproduced Utamaro’s designs as prints.