wood block, Japanese
wood block, Japanese
- Description (Brief)
- Wood block, two-sided. Image of cursive writing on recto; chop or seal of [publisher] on verso. Oval paper label "No. 4"
- Block inset into grooved wooden supports at both ends.USNM/DGA stamp with 9439a in pencil. Small rectangular label on edge with engraver's name in red: Rokuzaemon Miyata.
- Ink inscription on edge of block with paper label: Dept Int/260898/51116.
- Transfer from Bureau of Education Museum, Dept. of the Interior through Anthropology, NHB. Originally from Japanese exhibition at Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Block
- wood block, Japanese
- Other Terms
- Block; Wood Cut
- place made
- Japan
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 44.5 cm x 25 cm; 17 17/32 in x 9 27/32 in
- ID Number
- GA.09439.03
- accession number
- 51116
- subject
- Writing
- 1876
- Centennial Exposition
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Communications
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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