When West Met East and Bloomed its Cherries by Simona Catrinel Avarvarei

“…Lewis would have referred to it, in that that it bestows upon the reader “unexpectedness . . . that delights” (Lewis, On Stories), describing an epiphanic encounter of East and West which restored the fading colours of cherry blossoms on the ‘woodblock prints’ of the realm of the Rising Sun. …”
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When West Met East and Bloomed its Cherries by Simona Catrinel Avarvarei

“…Lewis would have referred to it, in that that it bestows upon the reader “unexpectedness . . . that delights” (Lewis, On Stories), describing an epiphanic encounter of East and West which restored the fading colours of cherry blossoms on the ‘woodblock prints’ of the realm of the Rising Sun. …”
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Raising subjects: The representation of children and childhood in Meiji Japan by Rhiannon Paget

“…This paper examines coloured woodblock prints (nishikie) of ethical themes produced by the studio of Utagawa Kuniteru and the newly formed Ministry of Education, and Inoue Yasuji between 1873 and 1887, and the new notions of children and childhood the prints espoused. …”
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Hokusai's Great Wave Enters the Anthropocene by Helmreich, Stefan

“…Katsushika Hokusai's 1829 woodblock print, “Under the Wave off Kanagawa,” is the world's most iconic portrait of ocean waves. …”
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Ink Tone Analysis of Printed Character Images towards Identification of Medieval Korean Printing Technique: <i>The Song of Enlightenment</i> (1239), <i>the Jikji</i> (1377), and <i... by Woo Sik Yoo

“…Both books have been misidentified and disclosed by the Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea as woodblock-printed versions from the Goryeo dynasty of Korea in the 13th century. …”
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Transkulturel kunsthistorie. Om epistemologi og appropriation af japansk kunst i Danmark by Gunhild Ravn Borggreen

“…For the other aspect, I analyse recent interpretations of the Danish painter Anna Ancher and her alleged use of formal elements from Japanese woodblock prints. I thereby wish to connect the theoretical issues of transculturation with analyses of transformative and constituent exchange of objects, phenomena and ideas, and point out the potential of the concept of transculturation as both theory and method. …”
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Boy and ox by Wong, Ka Ching

“…Art direction of the animation is influenced by elements of Japanese woodblock prints and traditional Chinese calligraphic paintings. …”
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Tokyo: art and photography

“…</p> <p>Artistic highlights include Kano school paintings, the iconic woodblock prints of Hiroshige, Tokyo Pop Art Posters, the photography of Moriyama Daido and Ninagawa Mika, manga, film and contemporary art.…”

Investigation into the use of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for organic dye analysis by Lin, Sally, S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The <i>Odae chinŏn</i> (Five Great Mantras) and <i>Dhāraṇī</i> Collections in Premodern Korea by Richard D. McBride

“…The <i>Five Great Mantras</i> demonstrates the significance of non-canonical materials in the Korean Buddhist tradition and suggests a fruitful avenue for study of similar woodblock prints and manuscripts in the Sinitic Buddhist tradition.…”
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How Was the World’s Oldest Metal-Type-Printed Book (<i>The Song of Enlightenment</i>, Korea, 1239) Misidentified for Nearly 50 Years? by Woo Sik Yoo

“…The mystery of the misidentification of the metal-printed book, as a woodblock print, has been revealed.…”
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Xiyu wenjian lu by Qishiyi: Materials on the History of Central Asian Peoples in Mid-to-Late 18th Century Revisited by Natalya E. Karimova, Temur E. Tulibayev

“…The study explores the Japanese woodblock print edition of 1801 and one modern Chinese edition of 2016, translates some extracts. …”
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Motivated Fictionality: Worldbuilding and The Thousand and One Nights by Soltan, Meriam

“…British Orientalist Edward Lane’s richly illustrated and annotated translation (1839-41) is among the first and most prolific examples of that evolution in expression, with the 634 woodblock prints created for the edition by William Harvey positioning it as a major milestone in both the history of the Nights and popular Victorian-era illustration. …”
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