c. 1916
17.2 x 37 cm (6 3/4 x 14 9/16 in.)
Daniel Bell, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1983.
Carved wood
JapaneseInk and color on carved wood
19th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with red enamel mark reading "Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters immediately above the bristles; with white hair bristles covered with a silk cap
18th centuryChineseDouble-sided carved wooden printing block
18th centuryJapaneseDaihan (large-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement
19th-20th centuryJapanese