Bird, Bee, and Blossoms
date: label: Associated Date
content: 1876
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Wood block, Bird, Wisteria, and Bee. Color block, two-sided. Block capped with wood at both ends. Original artist Koga; block cutter/engraver Rokuzaemon MIYATA. with oval paper label "No. 2" on recto. Remnants of block-cutter's guide print on one side, with wisteria blossom portion of design on recto; chop or seal with [publisher's info] on verso.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Ink inscription on edge of block with paper label: Dept Int/260898/51116.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Transfer from Bureau of Education Museum, Dept. of the Interior through Anthropology, NHB. Originally from Japanese exhibition at Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
topic: label: Subject
content: Birds
label: Subject
content: Flowers
label: related event
content: Centennial Exposition
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.09435
label: catalog number
content: 09435
label: accession number
content: 51116
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Block
label: Object Name
content: wood block, Japanese
label: Other Terms
content: Block; Wood Cut
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 43 cm x 27 cm; 16 15/16 in x 10 5/8 in