MS 7340 Collection of Japanese woodblock prints
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7340
place: label: Place
content: Japan
label: Place
content: East Asia
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: MS 7340 Collection of Japanese woodblock prints
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 43 Prints (woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, 7 x 9 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1860-1877
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The provenance of the collection is unknown; there is no accession information available.  In 1960 Department of Anthropology collections staff removed the prints from frames (which were subsequently destroyed) and assigned an  arbitrary number to the collection (T-8184).  The collection was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in September 1983.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7340
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Woodblock prints
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was reprocessed in 2022.  The NAA originally cataloged the material in this collection under 9 different catalog numbers (MS 7340, MS 7341, MS 7342, MS 7343, MS 7344, MS 7345, MS 7346, MS 7347, and MS 7348).  The archivist updated the description for the prints and incorporated all material into a single collection under MS 7340.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Woodblock prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of 43 ukiyo-e prints on crepe paper (chirimen-e).  The prints depict views of Edo (Tokyo), scenes from The Tale of Genji, battle scenes, and other subjects.

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