Print style
Woodblock New Year Print
A black key block printed over flat blocks of red, green and yellow, each cut on its own block and never quite in register. Hangzhou example from the Poster Stamp collection.
Make a stamp in this styleThe print tradition
A black key block printed over flat blocks of red, green and yellow, each cut on its own block and never quite in register.
- Period
- China, Ming and Qing dynasties
- Process
- Multi-block woodcut
- Marks
- Carved key line over off-register colour blocks
- Frame
- Knife-cut key-block border: fruiting branches, bats and carp, ruyi corners, off-register colour
The example
Rain on the lotus pond. The example starts from a Rainpost scene render of Hangzhou. The browser editor applies a local print treatment to your photo; the historical collection is an artistic interpretation.
