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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.481
Title
Katagami Textile Stencil with Diagonal Abstract Tortoiseshell Design
Classification
Artists' Tools
Work Type
stencil
Date
Late Edo-Meiji period, 19th-early 20th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/209675

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique
Dimensions
paper: H. 32 x W. 41.4 cm (12 5/8 x 16 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (punched in kanji & katakana) Sakai

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1919
Object Number
1919.481
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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