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Also sumi-ta 墨板 (black ink block); jizumi-ita 地墨板; sumizuri-no-ita 墨摺の板; daihan 台板. The most important or key block, used to print the thin black outlines on a woodblock print *ukiyo-e 浮世絵. This term is used in contrast with as opposed to color blocks called iro-ita 色板 which are used to print areas of color .