15th-16th century
plate: 11.6 × 7.6 cm (4 9/16 × 3 in.)
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with a printed couplet reading from right to left: "You Yan Shen Si Hai; Mi Mian Ji Ru Shan" ("Oil and Salt Can Fill the Sea; Rice and Flour Pile up Like Mountains"). Probably from Lingbao, Henan.
20th centuryChineseInk on paper
JapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono"; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
Japanese