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Block cutter

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Object Details

Description

Watercolor drawing depicting the activities of the block cutter for Japanese printmaking. Identified as "Fig. I". One of a series of drawings received about 1890 that later were used to model manikins and lay out the Graphic Arts exhibit of Japanese printmaking techniques. Published in Tokuno essay on Japanese woodcutting and wood-cut printing, edited by S. R. Koehler for SI Annual Report for 1892.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of T. Tokuno, Chief of the Japanese Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Insatsukyoku), 1889-90

date made

ca1888-89

ID Number

GA.03209.01

accession number

22582

catalog number

03209.01

Object Name

Drawing

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

sheet: 27.5 cm x 38.5 cm; 10 13/16 in x 15 5/32 in

place made

Japan: Tōkyō, Tokyo

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Communications
Tokuno Gift
Art

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-727c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1275854

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Watercolor drawing of the wood block printing process

Further Reading

Watercolor drawing of the wood block printing process

About the Collection

Watercolor drawing of the wood block printing process

The Tokuno Gift

Watercolor drawing of the wood block printing process

Tokuno’s Description of Block-Cutting and Printing

Watercolor drawing of the wood block printing process

The Tokuno Gift

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