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...was the florescence of woodblock printing, including the appearance of a sophisticated tradition of polychrome printing, done in imitation of painting. Among the earliest major examples were the Fang-shih mo p’u of 1588 and Ch’eng-shih mo yüan of 1606 (“Mr. Fang Yü-lu’s Ink Catalog” and “Mr. Ch’eng Ta-yüeh’s Ink Garden,” respectively), which...
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