Describe the development of print in Japan.
The development of print in Japan took place as mentioned below : Buddhist missionaries from China introduced hand-printing technology in Japan around AD 768-770. The oldest Japanese book printed in AD 868 was the Buddhist Diamond Sutra. It contained six sheets of text and woodcut illustrations. Pictures were printed on textiles, playing cards and paper money, In medieval Japan, the poets and prose writers regularly published their works. Printing of visual material led to interesting publishing practices. For example, in the late eighteenth century, at Edo (modern Tokyo) illustrated collections of paintings depicted an elegant urban culture, involving artists, courtesans, and teahouse gatherings. Libraries and bookstores were full with hand-printed material of various types such as books on women, cooking, famous places, musical instruments, calculations, tea ceremony and flower arrangements.
