Small cutting tool, from a set for making Japanese woodblocks

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

Carved wood

Lacquered fabric and persimmon-juiced paper support with coiled bamboo-leaf pad and bamboo-leaf wrapper

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

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) techniques, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement

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

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

Soft wooden handle with tip splintered to make bristle fibers

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

Wooden-handled metal cutting tool with metal-wrapped tip