Wood carving - Mokkoku (English spelling) mù kè

Japanese: 木刻 - もっこく(英語表記)mù kè
Wood carving - Mokkoku (English spelling) mù kè
In China, woodcarving refers to making angular cuts into a wooden slab in the shape of a knife, and woodblock prints made using this technique are called woodcarvings. The history of woodcarvings is very old, and as far as we know, it is believed to be a sermon illustration on the front page of the Diamond Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, printed in the 9th year of the Xiantong era (868) during the Tang dynasty, which was discovered in the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang by the British explorer MA Stein. The Tang dynasty was the heyday of Buddhism and Taoism, as well as the internationalism of China, and it was also a time when these two major religions flourished in the visual arts.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
中国において,板状の木に刀でえがいた形に角ばった切れ目を入れることを木刻といい,これを利用して版画にしたものを木刻画という。木刻画の歴史は非常に古く,現在わかりうる範囲では,イギリスの探検家M.A.スタインによって敦煌の莫高窟から発見された唐代の咸通9年(868)に印刷された《金剛般若波羅蜜経》の扉絵にある説法図とされている。唐代は中国における国際性とともに仏教と道教の全盛時代で,この二大宗教が造形芸術のうえに開花した時代でもあった。

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