Two Figures, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm); W. 17 in. (43.2 cm), Prints, Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764), The invention of color block printing by the mid-eighteenth century irrevocably transformed the vigorous early ukiyo-e style. The new technique, which used separate blocks for each color, placed greater attention on coordinating the component parts and emphasized the process of color overlays
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Two Figures, Edo period, 1615–1868, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 12 1/8, 30.8 cm, W, 17, 43.2, Prints, Okumura Masanobu, Japanese, 1686–1764, invention, color block, printing, mid-eighteenth century, irrevocably, transformed, vigorous early, ukiyo-e, style, new technique, separate blocks, placed greater, attention, coordinating, component parts, emphasized, process overlays
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