Artists' ToolsJapanese

Baren (tool used to rub the reverse of a woodblock print to in order to transfer the pigment)

Classification

Artists' Tools

Culture

Japanese

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

Artists' Tools

Double-sided wooden printing block: one side showing a Kuniyoshi image, the reverse showing Sawamura Tanosuke from the series Mitate rokkasen

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, 19th century

Carved wood

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Artists' Tools

Carving tools for woodblock printing

Unknown Artist, 19th–20th century

Metal carving tools, wood handles

19th-20th centuryJapanese

Artists' Tools

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Artists' Tools

Katagami Textile Stencil with Hydrangea, Cherry Blossom, and Triangle Design

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Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving), and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques

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Artists' Tools

Katagami Textile Stencil with Flying Bird and Cloud Design

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Wood

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Artists' Tools

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Artists' Tools

Katagami Textile Stencil with Knarled Plum Branch Design

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19th-20th centuryJapanese

Artists' Tools

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Artists' Tools

Katagami Textile Stencil with Miniature Pattern (Komon) of Feathers and Wish-Granting Jewels (Cintamani)

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Artists' Tools

Katagami Textile Stencil with Octagonal Floral Grid Design

Unknown Artist, Late Edo-Meiji period, 19th-early 20th century

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19th-20th centuryJapanese