Baren

Baren (马连、马楝)  listen  is a Japanese hand tool used in printmaking processes such as woodcut or lino cut.

The baren is a disk-like device with a flat bottom and a knotted handle. Paper is placed on an inked block and the baren is used to burnish (firmly rub) the back of a sheet of paper to pick up ink from a wood or linoleum cut.