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Object Details

Description

Drawing which demonstrates method of using a baren in Japanese woodblockprinting. 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

ID Number

GA.05028

catalog number

05028

accession number

22582

Object Name

Drawing

Other Terms

Drawing; Watercolor

Physical Description

paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 19.1 cm x 25.6 cm; 7 17/32 in x 10 3/32 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/ng49ca746a6-3df7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_804933

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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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