c. 1862-1873
frame: 26.9 × 19.5 cm (10 9/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
Earthenware with brown lead glaze
3rd-4th century CEChineseOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, brass particles, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard
19th centuryMolded block of ink: vegetable soot and animal glue (with gold)
20th centuryJapaneseRock crystal, with red-and-white coral beads at either end, brass brace, and coral handle
19th centuryChinese


Photo-etched and engraved zinc sheet pinned to type-high wood block
20th centuryAmericanKoban (small-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving) and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques
19th-20th centuryJapanese