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Social Science · 2023 · 3 marks
CBSE 2023 · Region 1 · Set 2 · Q25
How did the printing of visual material lead to publishing practices in Japan? Explain.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) Hand printing technology was introduced in Japan.
(ii) Buddhist Diamond Sutra contained six sheets of texts and wooden illustrations.
(iii) Pictures were printed on textile, playing cards and paper money.
(iv) Poets and prose writers were regularly published and books were cheap and abundant.
(v) In the Tokyo (Edo) illustrated collection of paintings depicted urban culture, court practices and tea house gathering.
(vi) Libraries and bookstores were packed with hand printed materials.
(vii) Books were written on women, musical instruments, calculations, flower arrangement, cooking etc.
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