In Japan, the movable-type printing took a considerable time to be widely used, and the wood-block printing was the main current from the Kanei era; however, the wood movable-type printing barely continued.
日本においては活版印刷が普及せず、寛永期以後は整版が主流となるが、以後も木活字を用いた印刷が細々と続けられた。