Abstract
Mizuno Printing Museum holds various printed matter, books, and printing equipment, from a cylinder seal of about 2000 BC to the products of the modern age. This article introduces the representative exhibits, such as the Hyakumanto Dharani (One Million Pagodas and Dharani Prayers), the oldest printed matter in the world, Gutenberg's 42-line Bible, and Hirano Tomiji's letterpress printing machine registered as mechanical engineering heritage, and explains the history of the spread of modern printing technology in Japan.
