Carmine, yo-ko
Carmine, yo-ko
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- Description
- One of a set of four glass bottles of powdered or crystalized pigment used in Japanese printmaking. GA 3211.16d is the red pigment. Paper label in Japanese; stopped with cork. According to Tokuno's description, these colors-- white, red, blue, and yellow--were used to print the triptych series Inaka genji (the rustic genji), GA*03212-03216.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- pigment
- Measurements
- overall: 8 cm x 3 cm; 3 5/32 in x 1 3/16 in
- ID Number
- GA.03211.16d
- accession number
- 22582
- catalog number
- 03211.16d
- Credit Line
- Gift of T. Tokuno, Chief of the Japanese Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Insatsukyoku), 1889-90
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Communications
- Art
- Tokuno Gift
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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