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1) Publisher indicates the number of colors to be used according to his budget 2) Artist indicates on the monochrome prints the portions to be colored, one sheet for each color 3) Engraver carves woodblocks for each of the colors selected by the artist 4) Printer completes first samples of complete print 5) Artist makes any needed corrections 6) Printer prints as many copies as the publisher has commissioned 7) Publisher begins to sell finished prints in his print shop
Kitagawa Utamaro, The Cultivation of Edo’s Famous Produce, the Brocade Woodblock Print, ca. 1800 oban size, published by Tsuruya
Page 1 and 2: Ukiyo-e: Pictures of the Floating W
Page 3 and 4: After 1789 the shogunate establishe
Page 5: 1) Publisher (hanmoto) contacts an
Page 10 and 11: Print 1: artist’s outline printed
Page 15 and 16: This is what the print wood look li
Page 20 and 21: This is how the print would look af
Page 25 and 26: After steps 1-13. The colors are st
Page 30 and 31: The last block prints the title and
Page 32: Hishikawa Moronobu Okumura Masanobu

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