He learned typesetting, linocut and woodblock printing. He was inspired by Japanese woodblock prints and their colorful palettes. Amano's influences include early Western comic books, Orientalism, art nouveau, and Japanese woodblock prints. The Chinese also employed inked carved woodblock to produce printed materials. Yongle used woodblock printing to spread Chinese culture. The earliest surviving woodblock printed fragments are from China. The earliest known surviving Korean example of woodblock printing is the Mugujeonggwang Great Dharani Sutra. Fifteenth and sixteenth editions appeared after his death, with the autograph reproduced by woodblock print. Indeed, even the promulgation of Hangeul was done through woodblock prints. It is the main artistic genre of Japanese woodblock printing. Ukiyo then was associated to woodblock printing in the early Edo period. She works in paint, woodblock print, and pencil. This was its first woodblock print edition. Some works were mass-produced as serials using woodblock printing. "Ukiyo-e" is the best known type of Japanese woodblock art print.