Carmine, yo-ko
notes: label: Description
content: One of a set of four glass bottles of powdered or crystalized pigment used in Japanese printmaking. GA 3211.16d is the red pigment. Paper label in Japanese; stopped with cork. According to Tokuno's description, these colors-- white, red, blue, and yellow--were used to print the triptych series Inaka genji (the rustic genji), GA*03212-03216.
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.03211.16d
label: accession number
content: 22582
label: catalog number
content: 03211.16d
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pigment
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 3 cm; 3 5/32 in x 1 3/16 in