Late Edo-Meiji period, 19th-early 20th century
31.4 x 43.3 cm (12 3/8 x 17 1/16 in.)
Kakuban (square-shaped) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement
19th-20th centuryJapaneseWoodblock
19th-20th centuryNorwegianCarved and engraved wood; ten bordered columns of text per recto and per verso; twenty two characters per column. Text in Chinese characters.
18th-19th centuryKoreanOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass and tin layers on pasteboard
19th centuryPersianInk on carved wood
19th centuryChinese