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Wood-Block Printing

APPENDIX

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Transcriber's Note: The note stating (actual size) is no longer correct.

An original print in colour, designed and cut by the author and printed by hand on Japanese paper, followed by collotype reproductions showing the separate impressions of the colour blocks used for this print, and other collotype reproductions of various examples of printing and design.

The particulars given in Chapter VIII on co-operative printing refer specially to the original print included in the first edition. In this edition an entirely new print is shown, and only 1,000 copies of it are being published.

Plate VIII
Plate VIII

Plate VIII.—An original Print designed and cut by the Author, printed by hand on Japanese paper.

Plates originally printed in collotype are now produced in half-tone

Plate IX
Plate IX

Plate IX.—First printing. Key block. Black.

Plate X
Plate X

Plate X.—Second printing. Dull Red. Printed lightly at the top.

Plate XI
Plate XI

Plate XI.—Third printing. Deep Blue. Strong at the bottom, paler at the top.

Plate XII
Plate XII

Plate XII.—Fifth printing. Bright Orange.

(The fourth printing, not shown, is a similar small block, printing a faint tone over the road in the foreground.)

Plate XIII
Plate XIII

Plate XIII.—Sixth printing. Indian Red. Gradation.

Plate XIV
Plate XIV

Plate XIV.—Seventh printing. Green. Printed flat.

Plate XV
Plate XV

Plate XV.—Eighth printing. Bluish green. Gradation.

Plate XVI
Plate XVI

Plate XVI.—Reproduction of a colour print by Hiroshigé.

Plate XVII
Plate XVII

Plate XVII.—Reproduction of a portion of the print shown on the preceding page, actual size, showing the treatment of the foliage and the expressive drawing of the tree trunk and stems.

Plate XVIII
Plate XVIII

Plate XVIII.—Reproduction of another portion of the print shown on page 111 (actual size), showing the expressive use of line in the drawing of the distant forms.

Plate XIX
Plate XIX

Plate XIX.—Reproduction of a colour print by Hiroshigé.

Plate XX
Plate XX

Plate XX.—Reproduction of a portion (actual size) of the print on the preceding page, showing treatment of tree forms and distance.

Plate XXI
Plate XXI

Plate XXI.—Reproduction of a colour print by Hiroshigé.

Plate XXII
Plate XXII

Plate XXII.—Reproduction of a portion (actual size) of the print on the preceding page, showing treatment of tree and blossom.

Plate XXIII
Plate XXIII

Plate XXIII.—The Tiger. Reproduction of a colour print by J. D. Batten.

Plate XXIV
Plate XXIV

Plate XXIV.—Lapwings. Reproduction of a colour print by A. W. Seaby.

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