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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.73.4
People
Designed by Katsukawa Shunchō 勝川春潮, Japanese (active about 1780 - 1801)
Title
Double-sided wood printing block from Book on the Process of Woodblock Printing (Hanga shūsatsu junjo chō), with a design of Compared Poems of the Four Seasons (Shiki no kuawase)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Hanga shūsatsu junjo-cho: Shiki no kugo
Classification
Artists' Tools
Work Type
printing block
Date
18th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202575

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Double-sided carved wooden printing block
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
H. 37.0 cm x W. 28.0 cm (14 9/16 x 11 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Anonymous Gift
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.73.4
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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