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    Object Details

    Description

    Brush with wooden handle used for adding color to wood block in Japanese printmaking. Bristles extend across full width of brush, held in place with four lines of stitches. Twine threaded through hole for hanging on rack of GA.03211.01. See illustrations GA.03209.03-.04.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

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

    ID Number

    GA.03211.07

    accession number

    22582

    catalog number

    03211.07

    Object Name

    brush

    Measurements

    overall: 15 cm x 17 cm; 5 29/32 in x 6 11/16 in

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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/ng49ca746ad-72e8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1412926

    Discover More

    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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