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http://dx.doi.org/10.5658/WOOD.2018.46.3.270

Wood Species Identification of Documentary Woodblocks of Songok Clan of the Milseong Park, Gyeongju, Korea  

Eom, Yu-Jeong (Department of Wood and Paper Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
Park, Byung-Dae (Department of Wood and Paper Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology / v.46, no.3, 2018 , pp. 270-277 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to identify wood species of two printing woodblocks either from the Park clan's documentary or Ji-dang documentary of Songok clan of the Milseong Park, Songok, Gyeongju, Korea. Eighty-eight woodblocks out of the total 282 woodblocks were randomly selected to compare anatomical features for the identification of wood species, using a light microscope. As a result, seven wood species were identified, and all of them were diffuse-porous hardwood species. The most significant portion, i.e., 39.8% of wood species was Carpinus laxiflora Blume. Then, Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai, Acer mono Maxim, Prunus sargentii Rehder, Tilia amurensis Rupr, Diospyros kaki Thunb, and Betula costata Trautv was 25.0%, 15.9%, 10.2%, 3.4%, 3.4% and 2.3%, respectively, indicating that all diffuse-porous hardwood species had been used for the woodblocks. It was believed that diffuse-porous hardwoods had been used because they provided an easy of engraving complex Chinese letters, of acquiring these wood species in Gyeongju areas, and a high resistance to repeated printing.
Keywords
printing woodblock; wood anatomy; wood species; diffuse-porous wood; Gyeongju;
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