The woodblock print *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 technique of blind or gauffrage printing. The technique employs woven fabric glued to a woodblock to emboss the design of the weave, nunome 布目, onto the paper. Normal embossing for ukiyo-e prints requires that a separate woodblock be cut in the shape required for the uninked printed impression. In the case of nunomezuri, however, scraps of silk gauze, ro 絽, or gossamer, sha 紗, were cut and glued in the right positions on the uncarved block.The supple paper was made very wet and rubbed with a *baren 馬連, which caused a weave pattern to be left on the paper. Not surprisingly, this technique was generally used to suggest fabric patterns on a figure's robes. Occasionally it was also employed on pale-colored backgrounds. This technique is found only in prints produced in the 19th century.