Late Edo-Meiji period, late 19th-early 20th century
paper: H. 33.4 x W. 43.4 cm (13 1/8 x 17 1/16 in.)


Ink on carved wood
19th centuryChinese
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 centuryJapaneseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with appliqué molded spouts and with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. From the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
18th-19th centuryKoreanOil paint, gold-colored pigments, platy hematite particles, and lacquer on pasteboard
20th century