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Bokashi (printing)

Bokashi (Japanese: ぼかし) is a technique used in Japanese woodblock printmaking. It achieves a variation in lightness and darkness ( value) of a single color by hand applying a gradation of ink to a moistened wooden printing block, rather than inking the block uniformly. This hand-application had to be repeated for each sheet of paper that was printed.

The best-known examples of bokashi are in the 19th-century ukiyo-e works of Hokusai and Hiroshige, in which the fading of Prussian blue dyes in skies and water create an illusion of depth.

Bokashi

Bokashi is Japanese for "shading off" or "gradation." It may refer to:

  • Bokashi (printing), a printing technique
  • Fogging (censorship), blurring an image as a form of censorship
  • Bokashi composting, an organic waste fermentation process like silage