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Heritage Science, 2018 A widespread belief among scholars and connoisseurs of the Japanese color woodblock print (nishiki-e) holds that synthetic dyes were imported from the West in the 1860s, and soon came to be used for all nishiki-e colorants during the Meiji period. These “
Anna Cesaratto +3 more
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Looking and listening : music and sound as visual trope in Ukiyo-e [PDF]
, 2011 The word ukiyo-e comes from a combination of “Ukiyo” , which means “floating world,” and “e” , which means picture or image. So, ukiyo-e offer both a description of the world of Edo (present-day Tokyo)—in particular the pleasures, foods, daily life, and ...
Binns, Alexander
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International Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.Abstract In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the Mokuhanga technique, a traditional Japanese printmaking method, and its contemporary evolution. This article explores the history of this discipline, its technical uniqueness, and its resurgence in the current context, with particular attention to its development in Spain.
Macarena Moreno Moreno
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Laser Patterning of Plasmonic Gold and Silver Nanoband Arrays
ChemNanoMat, Volume 12, Issue 3, March 2026.Plasmonic metal nanoband arrays were fabricated by scanning Au or Ag films on semiconducting substrates with a cost‐effective near‐infrared laser marking system. Surface plasmon polaritons excited through localized surface plasmons induced the formation of plasmonic gratings showing vivid color diffraction.
Yoshinori Kuroiwa +2 more
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TEACHING SPANISH IN THE UNIVERSAL MONARCHY: TOMÁS PINPIN'S GRAMMAR FOR TAGALOGS (1610)
History and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 92-108, December 2025.ABSTRACT In 1610, a Tagalog printer named Tomás Pinpin published a Spanish grammar in Tagalog that was intended to help natives avoid errors and misunderstandings in their interactions with Spanish colonizers. This article attempts to clarify the book's genesis and to contextualize it within the global expansion of Spanish. Pinpin exemplifies a pattern
ALAN DURSTON
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Conservation and restoration treatment of the two Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints [PDF]
, 2015 Drvorez je najstarija grafička tehnika, koristila se još u antici i bila je vrlo rasprostranjena u istočnoj Aziji. Tijekom 8. stoljeća, utjecajem iz Kine nastaju i najraniji primjerci u Japanu – otisci budističkih tekstova, Dharani.
Daniela Ratkajec
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Mining an Anthropocene in Japan: On the making and work of geological imaginaries
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 50, Issue 3, September 2025.Short Abstract This article addresses how the lithic and the drift might be reworked as an Anthropocene material outside of a chronostratigraphy. Revisiting the finding of a floating fern fossil at the Hashima mine, we delve into a complex array of Geological imaginaries, and undertake our own speculative work.
Deborah P. Dixon +2 more
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History and Progress of Japanese Acupuncture
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 7, Issue 3, Page 359-365, 2010., 2010 After Chiso brought acupuncture to Japan from Wu (China) in the sixth century, it has progressed in unique ways within the various historical milieus of the past 1500 years. Ishitsu‐rei, the first medical law of Japan established in 701, explains the medical system of acupuncture in detail showing that acupuncture was being administered under the ...
Akiko Kobayashi +2 more
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Locating Traces of Arboreal Beings: Connecting the Tree and the Woodblock
Archaeology in Oceania, Volume 60, Issue 2, Page 145-155, July 2025.ABSTRACT Woodblocks for printmaking are multi‐perspectival communicators inscribed with layered narratives. The artistic process of cutting excavates the surface of a woodblock, making visible lesser‐seen traces of the past, reflective of the practice of archaeology.
Julian Laffan
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HeritageTen ukiyo-e woodblock prints from the collection of the Museo delle Culture in Lugano (Switzerland) were analyzed to identify the materials used in their production. These Japanese artworks were traditionally created with colors derived from minerals and
Laura Rampazzi +6 more
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