Print culture
Print Revolution In this chapter we will look at the development of print from east Asia to Europe and in India. How social lives and cultures changed with the coming of print. The First Printed Books → The earliest kind of print technology was developed in China, Japan and Korea. System of hand printing by wood block (594 A.D) Woodblock → As both sides of the thin, porous sheet could not be printed, the traditional Chinese ‘accordion book’ was folded and stitched at the side because both sides of the thin, porous sheet could not be printed. Accordian Book → The imperial state in China was, for a very long time, the major producer of printed material. Reason ...