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Buddhist Heritage: UNESCO Includes Dege Parkhang Printing Blocks in Memory of the World Programme

Craig C Lewis 12 June 2024

Printing blocks housed at the Dege Sutra-Printing House have been recognized as documentary heritage in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme.

Stone Buddha at Usuki, Hiratsuka Un’ichi, 1940. Woodblock print, 15-3/8 x 18-1/2 inches. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Press. Image courtesy of the family of Un’ichi Hiratsuka

Master of the Compassionate Chisel: Buddhist Themes in the Prints of Hiratsuka Un’ichi

Meher McArthur 17 June 2020

Tracing movements in 20th century Japanese art-making

Water 128 I-Y.B.F., by Ayomi Yoshida, 2012, woodblock print, ink and color on paper, gift of Room & Board. Image courtesy of Minneapolis Institute of Art

Buddhist Sensibilities in the Printmaking of Ayomi Yoshida

Meher McArthur 15 November 2018

A contemporary approach to Japanese woodblock…