12th-13th century
H. 12.5 x Diam. 19.8 cm (4 15/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

Ink on carved wood
19th centuryChinese
One of a pair of chūban (medium-sized) sheets of minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique; with blue pigment
19th-20th centuryJapanese

Copper plate worked with power tools
20th centuryAmericanKoban (small-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "kiribori" (drill-carving) and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques
19th-20th centuryJapanese