Printing in Japan & Europe

PRINTING IN JAPAN
1)Budhist missioneries from China introduced hand printing technology into Japan in AD 768-770
2)The oldest japaneese book is the daimond sutra.it contains six sheets of text and wood cut illustrations.
3)Books were cheap and abundant.
4)Printing of visual material led to interesting publishing practices.
5)Liberaries and bookstores were packed with hand printed material of vatious types-books on women,musical instrument,cooking etc .
PRINT IN EUROPE
1)In the 11th century Chineese paper reached Europe via silk route.
2)Paper made possible the production of manuscript which were carefully written by scribes.
3)In 1295,Marco polo,a great explorer return to Italy after many years of exploration in China .
4)He bought with him the technology of wood block printing with soon spread to other parts of Europe.