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ID: 300417526 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300417526			Record Type: concept

bokashi (printing techniques, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, ... Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name))

Note: A gradation technique used in woodblock printmaking, particularly as mastered by Japanese printmakers. Bokashi is notable in the work of Hokusai and Hiroshige, and is used most frequently in depicting the sky or water and to heighten the illusioni of space. There are multiple variations of the technique.

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bokashi (preferred,C,U,English,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code: K.KT

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Activities Facet

.... Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name) (G)

........ <processes and techniques by specific type> (G)

............ <image-making processes and techniques> (G)

................ <printing and printing processes and techniques> (G)

.................... printing techniques (G)

........................ bokashi (G)

Sources and Contributors:

bokashi............	[VP Preferred]
.................	Merritt and Yamada, Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints (1995) glossary
.................	Salter, Japanese Woodblock Printing (2001)
.................	Simmons and Clemson. The Complete Manual of Relief Printmaking (1988)


Subject: .....	[VP]


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Salter, Japanese Woodblock Printing (2001)

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