18th-19th century
sheet: 37.3 × 53.7 cm (14 11/16 × 21 1/8 in.) plate: 32.4 × 49.1 cm (12 3/4 × 19 5/16 in.)
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.
One of seven folding books; printed in ink on dyed paper with red dots of punctuation and selected readings in "kana" (Japanese syllabary) added in ink
13th centuryJapaneseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Yong Xing Ju" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi; possible pair with 1935.37.57.
20th centuryChineseUkiyo-e woodblock printed "surimono" in "shikishi" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper with printed signature reading "Nansotoka Hokkei ga"
19th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper
19th centuryJapaneseColor lithograph
20th centuryGerman