2023 Volume 60 Issue 2 Pages 87-93
The history of Japanese printing is similar to character printing. At the end of the Muromachi period, i.e., during the Tenshou and Bunroku eras, lead movable printing technology was introduced from the West, and wooden movable printing technology from the East. This was the impetus for Japan's printing and publishing culture to flourish. Since then, I have considered it necessary to accurately understand the transition of printing technology, which has developed mainly by accepting foreign technology, and have summarized the technological transition centered on letters.
