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woodcut process

relief printing technique
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woodcut process
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Summary

woodcut process is an artistic technique[1]. It draws 4,978 Wikipedia views per month (artistic technique category, ranking #11 of 75).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: relief printing[3], xylography[4], printing process[5]
  • Commons category: Woodcuts[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Holzschnitt[7]
  • Commons gallery: Woodcut[8]
  • Described at URL: https://www.moma.org/interactives/projects/2001/whatisaprint/print.html[9]
  • Product or material produced: woodcut print[10]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12]
  • Different from: wood engraving technique[13]
  • Uses: 木版[14], wood block[15]
  • Practiced by: wood engraver[16]

Why It Matters

woodcut process has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0361543-drevorezy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0361543-drevorezy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Product or material produced → woodcut print
    Different from → wood engraving technique
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    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 15822, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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