An ishizuri-e (石摺絵) is a Japanese woodblock print that mimics a stone rubbing. It has uninked images or text on a dark, usually black, background.

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The Story of Kyoyu and Sofu, ishizuri-e by Okumura Masanobu, c. 1750
Poet Kakinomoto Hitomaro by Okumura Masanobu, c. 1740s
Chrysanthemum by Katsushika Taito I, c. 1830
Hiroshige, c. 1840

References

Lane, Richard, Images from the Floating World, The Japanese Print, New York, Dorset Press, 1978, p. 279 ISBN 0-88029-007-2
Newland, Amy Reigle, Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints, Amsterdam, Hotei, 2005, p. 447, ISBN 978-90-74822-65-7

Media related to Ishizuri-e at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Ukiyo-e
General	List of ukiyo-e terms Woodblock printing in Japan
Themes	Aka-e Beni-e Bijin-ga Boshi-e Egoyomi Fushiga Hanshita-e Hashira-e Jōge-e Kachō-e Kage-e Kaika-e Kodomo-e Komochi-e Kuchi-e Megane-e Meisho-e Mitate-e Moji-e Monogatari-e Monozukushi-e Musha-e Muzan-e Namazu-e Ogao-e Ōkubi-e Omocha-e Senso-e Shini-e Shita-e Shunga Sumo-e Surimono Uchiwa-e Uki-e Yakusha-e Yūrei-zu
Region specific themes	Kamigata-e Nagasaki-e Yokohama-e
Techniques	Aizuri-e Benizuri-e Bokashi Ishizuri-e Kappazuri-e Kirazuri-e Nishiki-e Sumizuri-e Tan-e Urushi-e
Schools	Kaigetsudō school Katsukawa school Torii school Utagawa school List of Utagawa school members
Related traditions	E-hon Nikuhitsu-ga Shin-hanga Sōsaku-hanga Tosa-ha

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