Artists' ToolsJapanese

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

Classification

Artists' Tools

Culture

Japanese

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

Artists' Tools

Katagami Textile Stencil with Heart-Flower Design

Unknown Artist, Late Edo-Meiji period, late 19th-early 20th century

Koban (small-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving) and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques

19th-20th centuryJapanese

Artists' Tools

Katagami Textile Stencil with Floral Vine Design

Unknown Artist, Late Edo-Meiji period, 19th-early 20th century

Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving) and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques; with ink

19th-20th centuryJapanese

Artists' Tools

Double-sided wooden printing block: on one side a facsimile of the keyblock of Hiroshige's Clearing Storm over Awazu (Awazu no seiran), from the series Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei), on the reverse an anonymous green colorblock of willow branches in a storm

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 1891

Carved cherry wood

19th centuryJapanese

Artists' Tools

Double-sided wooden printing block: one side showing the background from an Omi hakkei series, the reverse showing a rain pattern

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Carved wood

19th centuryJapanese

Artists' Tools

Katagami Textile Stencil with Butterfly and Fern Design

Unknown Artist, Late Edo-Meiji period, 19th-early 20th century

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

19th-20th centuryJapanese

Artists' Tools

Katagami Textile Stencil with Tortoiseshell Medallion and Lichen Design

Unknown Artist, Late Edo-Meiji period, 19th-early 20th century

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

19th-20th centuryJapanese

Artists' Tools

Katagami Textile Stencil (1 of 2) with Carp, Peony and Water Design

Unknown Artist, Meiji-Shōwa period, late 19th-early 20th century

Kakuban (square-shaped) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique

19th-20th centuryJapanese

Artists' Tools

Katagami Textile Stencil with Shrimp Design

Unknown Artist, Late Edo-Meiji period, 19th-early 20th century

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

19th-20th centuryJapanese

Artists' Tools

Katagami Textile Stencil with Double Interlaced Circle Design

Unknown Artist, Late Edo-Meiji period, 19th-early 20th century

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

19th-20th centuryJapanese

Artists' Tools

Katagami Textile Stencil with Abstract Plover and Stripe Design

Unknown Artist, Meiji-Taishō period, late 19th-early 20th century

Daihan (large-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "hikibori" (pull-carving) and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement

19th-20th centuryJapanese

Artists' Tools

Katagami Textile Stencil with Miniature Pattern (Komon) of Bamboo

Unknown Artist, Late Edo-Meiji period, 19th-early 20th century

19th-20th centuryJapanese

Artists' Tools

Katagami Textile Stencil (1 of 2) with Carp, Peony and Water Design

Unknown Artist, Meiji-Shōwa period, late 19th-early 20th century

Kakuban (square-shaped) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique

19th-20th centuryJapanese