850-1100
greatest dimen.: 21.4 cm (8 7/16 in.)
Thomas Whittemore, Cambridge, MA (by 1951), gift: to the Fogg Museum.
Ink on carved wood
19th centuryChineseSansun-okuri (3 "sun" repeat-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique
20th centuryJapanese