Object Details
designer
Kuniteru, Utagawa
engraver
Morikawa, Kokichiro
printer
Nakamura, Tsurusaburo
Description
Wood block, Japanese, used to produce landscape print GA 03215. Single kimono-clad female figure in foreground; several men and a horse working in fields in background. Center print in a triptych with GA 03213 and GA 03216. On the verso are four lines of calligraphy in Japanese. 26 separate impressions were required to complete the image from 10 printing surfaces on six blocks, of which this is the key block.
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.03214.01
catalog number
3214.01
accession number
22582
Object Name
block
Measurements
overall: 39 cm x 27 cm; 15 11/32 in x 10 5/8 in
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1412023