Excerpt from Japanese Wood Engravings: Their History, Technique and Characteristics<br><br>As a whole this second period was not one of great achievement in wood engraving. The cuts in the [so Monogatari and its successors were inferior to the contemporary work in Europe, and not in advance of that of China and Korea but the publication of printed and illustrated books on subjects of popular interest was a movement full of promise a promise that was well realised in after years.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.