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What were the chief characteristics of the earliest print culture in japan?

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Some chief characteristics of the earliest print culture in Japan were as follows:

  • printing introduced in Japan in around AD 768-770
  • pictures were printed on textiles,by playing cards and paper money
  • printing of visual material led to interesting publishing practices like arranging for teahouse gatherings, establishing libraries and bookstores
  • an art form called ukiyo (‘pictures of the floating world’) or depiction of ordinary human experiences, especially urban ones was also an innovation of the Japanese.


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