版画(はんが)

はんが
noun
print, printmaking
1. print, woodblock print, printmaking
A picture or design made by printing from a carved block or plate. Includes woodblock prints (mokuhanga), lithographs, and other printmaking techniques.
版画(はんが)を刷(す)る。
To make a print.
小学校(しょうがっこう)の美術(びじゅつ)で版画(はんが)を作(つく)った。
I made prints in elementary school art class.
浮世絵(うきよえ)は日本(にほん)の伝統的(でんとうてき)な木版画(もくはんが)として世界的(せかいてき)に有名(ゆうめい)だ。
Ukiyo-e is world-famous as a traditional Japanese woodblock print art form.

USAGE:
Common verbs: 版画(はんが)を刷(す)る (to print), 版画(はんが)を彫(ほ)る (to carve a print block).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 木版画(もくはんが): woodblock print
  • 銅版画(どうはんが): copperplate engraving
  • 版画(はんが)家(か): printmaker
  • 版画(はんが)展(てん): print exhibition

CULTURAL NOTE:
Printmaking is part of the standard Japanese elementary school art curriculum. Most Japanese people have experience carving and printing 版画(はんが) as children. Japanese woodblock printing (浮世絵(うきよえ)) had a major influence on Western art, particularly Impressionism.

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