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

Cut brown cardboard

Cast bronze

Horsehair bristles secured with bark and cord to a Japanese cypress handle

Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement

Wood

Soft wooden handle with tip splintered to make bristle fibers