18th-19th century
After the antique
Image: 34.2 × 28 cm (13 7/16 × 11 in.) Plate: 42.5 × 31.9 cm (16 3/4 × 12 9/16 in.) Sheet: 60.5 × 44.2 cm (23 13/16 × 17 3/8 in.)
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.
Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
16th centuryGermanThread-bound book with lacquer cover; illustrations stenciled in black and hand-colored; indigo-dyed cloth-bound slip case (chitsu)
20th centuryJapaneseWoodcut on off-white antique laid paper
16th centuryGermanUkiyo-e woodblock print in "hashira-e" format; ink and color on paper
18th centuryJapanese