A Rustic Genji (Inaka Genji)
name: label: maker
content: Morikawa, Kokichiro
notes: label: Description
content: Wood block, Japanese. Landscape with two kimono-clad female figures in foreground; men engaged in agricultural activities in background with waterwheel. Block (recto) used to produce left-hand print in a triptych with GA 03213 and GA 03215. 24 separate impressions were required to complete the image from 14 printing surfaces on eight blocks. This block printed impressions GA 03216.03 (2 pairs of red lips--recto) and GA 03213.03 (3 pairs of red lips--verso). Both sides of block show some Japanese writing and residue of print pasted down to guide cutting. The verso has a tiny typewritten numeral 3 pasted on.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Tokuno Gift
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of T. Tokuno, Chief of the Japanese Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Insatsukyoku), 1889-90
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.03216.27
label: accession number
content: 22582
label: catalog number
content: 03216.27
objectType: label: Object Name
content: block
label: Other Terms
content: Wood Cut
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)