Lead white, to-no-tsuchi

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Object Details

Description

One of a set of four glass bottles of powdered or crystalized pigment used in Japanese printmaking. GA 3211.16a is the white pigment. Two paper labels, one in Japanese, the other marked "No. 16" presumably in reference to the drawing of these bottles in GA 3209.4. According to Tokuno's description, these colors-- white, red, blue, and yellow--were used to print the triptych series Inaka genji (the rustic genji), GA*03212-03216.

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.03211.16a

accession number

22582

catalog number

03211.16a

Object Name

pigment

Measurements

overall: 8 cm x 3 cm; 3 5/32 in x 1 3/16 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-5b42-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1411976