Wood-engraving block: "Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse, and yet I could not die"

Stained mottled gray nephrite

Photo-etched and engraved zinc sheet pinned to type-high wood block

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, copper particles, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard

Soft wooden handle with tip splintered to make bristle fibers

Koban (small-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