Late Edo-Meiji period, 19th-early 20th century
H. 30.9 x W. 44 cm (12 3/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
Animal hair bristles bound into a cylinder with string
Japanese



Lacquered wood and persimmon-juiced paper support with coiled bamboo-leaf pad and bamboo-leaf wrapper
Japanese
Wooden handled-brush with animal hair bristles
JapaneseDaihan (large-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