12th-14th century
H. 2.6 × Diam. 6.3 × W. (across spout) 6.9 cm (1 × 2 1/2 × 2 11/16 in.)
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM Ex-Coll: Alvin Grauer (supposedly selected for Mr. Grauer by Sherman E. Lee)
One of a pair of chūban (medium-sized) sheets of minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "kiribori" (drill-carving), "dōgubori" (punch-carving), and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques; with overprinting in blue
19th-20th centuryJapaneseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChineseDaihan (large-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique
19th-20th centuryJapaneseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChineseSteel with openwork
19th century