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It was invented by Gutenberg from Germany in the 15th century, and the Bible was printed and widely used. The process of picking up print, assembling, printing, and releasing the created version requires the skills of a professional craftsman. In Japan, we have evolved from woodcut printing, which is printed on a single board with letters and pictures carved, to typographic printing, in which letters carved one by one are printed in a print.

The Ginza characters in the photo on the card I experienced are made of a combination of a small silver character and a lot of small seat characters.

With typographic printing, sometimes called the printing revolution, when a large amount of books were supplied, expensive books became available to the common people, and knowledge accumulated and exchanged progressed.

A lot of prints are lined up in the case of a sliding door. The diagonal shelf is designed to make it easier to select so that the type does not fall.

Due to the dense concentration of newspaper companies and advertising companies, typographic printing, which can be mass-produced, has become a local industry in Ginza. It seems that all newspapers before and after the war were printed. At its peak, there were as many as 200 printing offices, but in the 1970s, computers began to be used in the printing industry. Printing, which takes time and effort, has disappeared, and now the printing office has become one Nakamura print house.

When you pick up the printed matter, there is a slight unevenness in the print part, and the warmth of handmade is transmitted. In recent years, requests are increasing in the art world, such as those who make business cards in search of them and posters.

Thank you to Mr. Nakamura, who is struggling to protect the type culture in Chuo-ku, where the cutting-edge and old things live naturally, for his valuable experience. I feel that a new flow will be born again from here.

Nakamura Type Co., Ltd.

2-13-7, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

03－3541－6563