A few years later, the first woodblock prints he made were of animals.
They are quite good, but intended only as preliminary investigations for the woodblock prints.
So scholars have conducted research in part by studying old paintings or woodblock prints.
A year later, they were published as woodblock prints, enjoying instantaneous success with the public.
The process of making woodblock prints is complex, and is usually collaborative.
His few woodblock prints are of the same subjects and style, and were likely a special commission.
The group met once a month to discuss subjects of woodblock prints.
Prior to this, between 1979 and 1997, woodblock prints were her main medium.
There were three smiling suns, like black woodblock prints, down the inside of her left calf.
This means he knew what could be made into a woodblock print, and how to work with the expert block cutters.