Letterpress printing machine - letterpress printing machine

Japanese: 活版印刷機 - かっぱんいんさつき
Letterpress printing machine - letterpress printing machine
(Mizuno Printing Museum, 2-9-2 Irifune, Chuo-ku, Tokyo)
A designated "Mechanical Heritage" regional heritage site (No. 17).
This is a domestically produced letterpress printing press manufactured around 1885 (Meiji 18). The manufacturer, Hirano Tomiji, along with his teacher Motoki Shozo, can be said to be the pioneers of modern letterpress printing in Japan. This is the only printing press confirmed to have been manufactured by Hirano Type Foundry in the early Meiji period.

Source: Nihon Gai Associates "Encyclopedia of Japanese Regional Heritage" Encyclopedia Information about Japanese Regional Heritage

Japanese:
(東京都中央区入船2-9-2 ミズノ・プリンティング・ミュージアム)
「機械遺産」指定の地域遺産〔第17号〕。
1885(明治18)年頃に製造された国産の活版印刷機である。印刷機を製造した平野富二は、師の本木昌造とともに日本における近代活版印刷の嚆矢ともいえる人物。明治初期の平野活版製造所製の印刷機は本機が確認されるのみである

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