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Subject Wood-engraving, Japanese

1. Or 14566

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14566
Title:
Five Japanese woodblocks
Scope & Content:
Five carved woodblocks for printing advertisements for various medicinal preparations. Ōsaka, mid 19th century?
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
5 woodblocks.

2. Or 15566

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15566
Title:
Karukaya かるかや [Woodblock]
Scope & Content:
Woodblock carved in relief on both sides, each side to be used for printing 2 pages of an unidentified Japanese work based on the sekkyōbushi story 'Karukaya' 刈萱 . The running title (hashiragaki) on the block reads 'Karukaya' かるかや and contains the numbers 3 and 4 indicating the folios.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1750-1850
Extent:
1 woodblock

3. Or 15622

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15622
Title:
Woodblock for Buddhist text
Scope & Content:
Large woodblock for printing a Buddhist amulet (ofuda) with a devotional text and an image of a boddhisattva riding a horse. Probably associated with Taga Shrine 多賀大社,Shiga Prefecture. The text was written by Tandai Zen-Daisōjō Gōjo 探題前大僧正豪恕 (1732-1824) aged 88 [i.e. 1819 kazoedoshi].
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1819
Extent:
1 woodblock

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