Pink: Sho-yen-ji
notes: label: Description
content: Pigment used for printing Japanese woodblocks. Paper label with catalogue number.on folded length of red cotton felt. Tokuno described this as "apparently cochineal, but its chemical nature is unexamined yet. It is imported from China in the form of red cotton felt. For use it is put in water and gently pressed, a resultant pink-colored water is removed into a color dish, evaporated to near dryness upon a water bath or very slow fire, taking care not to dry it completely, otherwise it soon destroys its brilliancy. It is then kept in a cool place, protected from dust or dirt..."
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.03435
label: catalog number
content: 03435
label: accession number
content: 23218
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pigment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: organic material (unspecified) (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 cm x 32 cm; 5 1/2 in x 12 19/32 in