Wood-engraving block: "The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled"

Ink on carved wood

Soft wooden handle with tip splintered to make bristle fibers

Yaozhou ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised details. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Daihan (large-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement

Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "kiribori" (drill-carving) and "dōgubori" (punch-carving) techniques