White Cockatoo on Swinging Perch

The great painter Jakuchū, known for his brilliantly colored depictions of birds and other creatures, also did a few experiments with woodblock prints made in the manner of Chinese-style stone rubbings. Rather than having a block carved in relief and then printing from it in the usual way, he used an incised block, placed damp paper on top of it and pushed the paper down into the carved areas, and then carefully applied color directly to the paper.