summary of print culture
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The earliest kind of print technology was developed in China, Japan and Korea.
In China, books were printed by rubbing paper against the inked surface of woodblocks.
First Printed Books
Print in China
In the 17th Century, the use of print diversified in China because of booming urban culture.
Print In Japan
Buddhist missionaries from China introduced hand printing technology into Japan.
The oldest Japanese book printed is the Buddhist ‘ Diamond Sutra’.
Increase in Demand for Book
Demand for Books increased because
1.Book fairs were held at different places.
2.Production of handwritten manuscripts was also organised in New ways to meet the expanded demand.
3.Scribes or Skilled hand writers were no longer solely employed by wealthy or influential patrons but increasingly by booksellers.
The Print Revolution and its Impact.
1.The time and labour required to produce each book came down.
2.The printing press, a new reading public emerged. Reduced the cost of books, now a reading public came into being.
3.Knowledge was transferred orally. Before the age of print books were not only expensive but they could not be produced in sufficient numbers.
4.But the transition was not so simple. Books could be read only by the literate and the rates of literacy in most European crematories were very low, Oral culture thus entered print and print