Object Details
Description
One of a set of four glass bottles of powdered or crystalized pigment used in Japanese printmaking. GA 3211.16c is the blue pigment. Paper label in Japanese, stopped with cork. 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.03211.16c
accession number
22582
catalog number
03211.16c
Object Name
pigment
Measurements
overall: 8 cm x 3 cm; 3 5/32 in x 1 3/16 in
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1422878