Object Details
Description
Straightedge, steel, for cutting straight lines and for fixing registration marks on the blocks used in color printing. Woodblock-cutter's tool used in Graphic Arts exhibit of Japanese printmaking techniques from about 1890 to 1990s. Identified as No. 1 in watercolor drawing GA 03209.02 showing the tools of the block cutter. Old paper label "No. 1"
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.03210.01
accession number
22582
catalog number
3210.01
Object Name
straightedge
Measurements
overall: 36.5 cm x 2.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 31/32 in
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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Tokuno Gift
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1275855