wood block, Japanese
date: label: Associated Date
content: 1876
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Wood block, two-sided. Image of cursive writing on recto; chop or seal of [publisher] on verso. Oval paper label "No. 4"
label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
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: Writing
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.09439.03
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: 44.5 cm x 25 cm; 17 17/32 in x 9 27/32 in