History of Manga, 1700-1800 AD
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Hanga - Ukiyo-e - Manga
As ukiyo-e became more common, and more commonly accepted by general towns folk, artists looked for new subjects to explore. This is when the word "manga" (whimsical pictures) was coined, and it quickly became its own subset of hanga (woodblock printing). We start seeing manga showing up in 1798, with Santo Kyoden's "Shiji no Yukikai". Ukiyo-e used multiple colors, and had a fixed set of subjects. Manga, in contrast, was primarily black and white and could include any kind of subject desired. But, it doesn't develop fully for a few more years yet. Meanwhile, ukiyo-e makes wider use of polychrome ink printing, while also occasionally forgoing woodblocks entirely to just be paint on silk screens. However, the main strength of woodblock printing is in its ease of mass production.
From the Manga entry.
In 1775, a new form of e-hon surfaced - kibyoushi. While aohon tended to be 10 pages long, kibyoushi ran as much as 3 volumes of 10 pages each. The first major kibyoushi was "Kinkin sensei eiga no yume", a retelling of a classic Noh play reset in Edo. Because of the amount of text in with the pictures, it was easier to ignore moveable type and just carve the text in with the illustration. The wiki entry mentions 92 major kibyoushi titles printed in 1784. The form's subjects included political commentary, gossip and satire. In 1791, the government banned discussions of current events and politics in order to crack down on criticism, and the heavy censorship resulted in various publishers being forced to leave Edo. Readership dropped off at this point.
From the Kibyoushi entry.
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