Baren (printing tool)
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For the French commune, see Baren, Haute-Garonne.
Baren (馬連、馬楝) listenⓘ is a disk-like hand tool with a flat bottom and a knotted handle used in Japanese woodblock printing. It is used to burnish (firmly rub) the back of a sheet of paper, lifting ink from the block.