Question

Define printing culture in Japan

Answer 1

Answer:

"Around 768–770AD, hand printing technology in Japan by Buddhist Missionaries."

Diamond Sutra– Printed in 868AD, is the old Japanese Book It contained six sheets of texts and woodcut illustrations.

• Pictures were printed on textiles, playing cards and paper money.
• Medieval Japan saw abundance of cheap books published regularly in prose and poetry.
• Well illustrated paintings showed elegant urban cultures of artists, courtesans and tea house gathering.
• Bookstores and Libraries were packed with hand printed materials on variety of subjects women, musical instruments, calculations, tea ceremony,etc.

Answer 2

Answer:

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Explanation:

1. Buddhist monasteries from china introduced hand printing technology into Japan.

2. The oldest Japanese book printed in AD 868 in Diamond Sutra.

3. In Medieval Japan poets and prose writers were regularly published and books were cheap and abundant.

4. Printing of visual materials led to increasing publishing practices.

5. In the late 18th century in the flourishing urban circles city at Edo, illustrated collections of paintings depicted urban culture involving artisans, courtesans and tea house gathering.

6.Books for women, musical instruments, tea ceremony, flower arrangements, proper etiquettes were published.