Japan: 'A Woman Standing on the Strings of a Kite', Katsushika Taito II (active 1810-1853), 1822, Nishiki-e woodblock print, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Japan: 'A Woman Standing on the Strings of a Kite', Katsushika Taito II (active 1810-1853), 1822, Nishiki-e woodblock print, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Nishiki-e were a type of multi-coloured woodblock print from Japan. The technique was primarily used in ukiyo-e, and was invented in the 1760s. Before, woodblock prints were usually in black-and-white and were coloured either by hand or with the addition of one or two colour ink blocks.

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Katsushika Taito II

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