Meiji-Shōwa period, late 19th-early 20th century
41.8 x 42.5 cm (16 7/16 x 16 3/4 in.)



Ink on carved wood
19th centuryChineseDark green nephrite with black flects and gray veins (so-called spinach-green jade), the stone of Siberian origin, probably from the area around Lake Baikal
18th-19th centuryChinese
Sansun-okuri (3 "sun" repeat-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique
20th centuryJapaneseOpaque and semi-opaque watercolor on prepared pasteboard under shellac varnish
19th century
