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Why do you think it took four different people to create a Japanese woodcut? Why didn't one person do all the work like most artists of today?

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It has to do with spirituality, symbolism, and tradition. It symbolizes putting a part of four peoples spirit into woodcut. It is a tradition for all four people to put their spirit into it.

The Japanese woodcut prints were created by a collaboration between four people: an artist, a publisher, a printer and a block cutter.
This print is known as ukiyo-e prints. It involved the division of labor as the Printer printed with water inks, the Publisher financed, the block cutter carved blocks and the artist drew the colors.
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