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Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Woodblock (from set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
TC2006.26.2
<p>Carved on both sides, this wooden printing block records Origin of Household Rites (家禮源流,&nbsp;Garyewollyu), a collection of writings on household rites categorized and summarized during the reign of&nbsp;King Hyeonjong (顯宗, r. 1659-1674) of Joseon by a scholar named Yu Gye (兪棨, 1607-1664). This block&nbsp;contains part of Fascicle 4 of the text Origins of Household Rites entitled &ldquo;Going to Welcome the Bride (親迎, chinyeong, Ch. qinying),&rdquo; the procedure in which the groom welcomes the bride at a wedding ceremony.&nbsp;Korea was the first country in the world to use the technique of carving letters on woodblocks and using them&nbsp;for printing. After the invention of metal type in the early Joseon period, woodblock printing was used to&nbsp;publish scriptures, anthologies and family records in Buddhist temples, Confucian academies and households.</p> <p>[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 290]</p>
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Wood Block for Printing
19th century
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.316
Seven figures and a boat with a dragon in the water and a herring above.
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese (culture or style))
Seven Lucky Gods
1830s
Gift of Ellen Johnston Laing
2018/2.34

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Woodblock (from set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
TC2006.26.3

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Woodblock (from set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
TC2006.26.5

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Woodblock (from set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
TC2006.26.6

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Woodblock (from set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
TC2006.26.7
Wooden block painted cinnabar red with a carved floral design framing an inner square that contains six characters in the top and lower right, center, and left corners and a large character in the middle (“longevity”) with an image of two coins suspended from the wings of a stylized bat in the lower center.<br />
Taiwanese
Block for Printing "Longevity" Spirit Money, from Taiwan
1967 – 1999
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.41.1
Wooden block painted cinnabar red with a carved floral design framing an inner square that contains characters in the top and lower right, center, and left corners and a large character in the middle with an image of two coins suspended from the wings of a stylized bat in the upper center.
Taiwanese
Wooden Block for Printing Currency for Funerary Rites
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.42
This woodblock contains Fascicle 24 of Essentials of the Comprehensive Mirror (通鑑節要, Tonggamjeolyo, Ch. Tongjian Jieyao), recording famous &ldquo;Memorial for Northern Expeditions (出師表, Chulsapyo, Ch. Chushibiao) by Zhuge Liang (諸葛亮, 181-234) presented to his king, Liu Shan (劉禪, 207-271, r. 223-263), before his expedition to conquer Kingdom of Wei (魏, 220-265). Essentials of the Comprehensive Mirror is a compendium of Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance (資治通鑑, Jachitonggam, Ch. Zizhi Tongjian), a chronological history compiled by Sima Guang (司馬光, 1019-1086) of Northern Song (960-1127), edited by Jiang Zhi (江 贄, 12th century) who lived during the reign of Huizong (徽宗, 1082-1135, r. 1100-1125). Jiang&rsquo;s compendium abbreviated a massive volume of 294 fascicles into 50 fascicles. Both Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance and Essentials of Comprehensive Mirror became known by the abbreviated title Comprehensive Mirror (通鑑, Tonggam, Ch. Tongjian). Essentials of Comprehensive Mirror was used as a cor
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Wood Block for Printing
1800 – 1832
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.315

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Woodblock (from set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
TC2006.26.1

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Woodblock (from set of 7 woodblocks and 33 sample prints)
TC2006.26.4
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