c. 1880
greatest dimen.: 52 x 52 x 2.1 cm (20 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 13/16 in.)
Steel
19th centuryDouble-sided carved wooden printing block
19th centuryJapaneseOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard
19th centuryChūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement
19th-20th centuryJapanese