Printing a Japanese wood cut (Registering)

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Object Details

Description

Drawing which demonstrates the method of registration in printing a Japanese wood cut. 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.05030

catalog number

05030

accession number

22582

Object Name

Drawing

Other Terms

Drawing; Watercolor

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 19.1 cm x 26.2 cm; 7 17/32 in x 10 5/16 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/ng49ca746a6-3f53-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_804935