Inkwell

Inkwell

Roman

Dress Weight

Dress Weight

Mycenaean

Fragment of a Spindle Whorl

Fragment of a Spindle Whorl

Helladic

Wine Strainer

Wine Strainer

Etruscan

Spool

Spool

Mycenaean

Baren (used to rub the reverse of a woodblock print to transfer pigment)

Baren (used to rub the reverse of a woodblock print to transfer pigment)

Japanese

Baren (used to rub the reverse of a woodblock print to transfer pigment)

Baren (used to rub the reverse of a woodblock print to transfer pigment)

Japanese

Double-sided wooden printing block: on one side a facsimile of the keyblock of Hiroshige's Clearing Storm over Awazu (Awazu no seiran), from the series Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei), on the reverse an anonymous green colorblock of willow branches in a storm

Double-sided wooden printing block: on one side a facsimile of the keyblock of Hiroshige's Clearing Storm over Awazu (Awazu no seiran), from the series Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei), on the reverse an anonymous green colorblock of willow branches in a storm, 1797 - 1858

Design after Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Single-sided wooden printing block: fan-shaped Bunchō image of the actor Ichikawa Mononosuke, from the series Ehon butai ogi

Single-sided wooden printing block: fan-shaped Bunchō image of the actor Ichikawa Mononosuke, from the series Ehon butai ogi, active 1765 - 1792

Designed by Ippitsusai Bunchō

Single-sided wooden printing block: Courtesans in the "Primitive" style

Single-sided wooden printing block: Courtesans in the "Primitive" style

Japanese

Singled-sided (split?) wooden printing block: two "angels" playing musical instruments

Singled-sided (split?) wooden printing block: two "angels" playing musical instruments

Japanese

Double-sided wooden printing block: one side showing the background from an Omi hakkei series, the reverse showing a rain pattern

Double-sided wooden printing block: one side showing the background from an Omi hakkei series, the reverse showing a rain pattern, 1797 - 1858

Designed by Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Double-sided wooden printing block: on one side the keyblock to one of Hiroshige's Tōtō meishō sakatsukushi no uchi images, on the reverse the keyblock to Twenty Warriors by Utagawa Yoshitora(?)

Double-sided wooden printing block: on one side the keyblock to one of Hiroshige's Tōtō meishō sakatsukushi no uchi images, on the reverse the keyblock to Twenty Warriors by Utagawa Yoshitora(?), 1797 - 1858

Designed by Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Single-sided wooden printing block: fan-shaped Bunchō image of the actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu, from the series Ehon butai ogi

Single-sided wooden printing block: fan-shaped Bunchō image of the actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu, from the series Ehon butai ogi, active 1765 - 1792

Designed by Ippitsusai Bunchō

Double-sided wooden printing block: one side showing a Kuniyoshi image, the reverse showing Sawamura Tanosuke from the series Mitate rokkasen

Double-sided wooden printing block: one side showing a Kuniyoshi image, the reverse showing Sawamura Tanosuke from the series Mitate rokkasen, 1798 - 1861

Designed by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Double-sided wooden printing block: one side showing a Harunobu image, the reverse showing two women and a child beside a wheel

Double-sided wooden printing block: one side showing a Harunobu image, the reverse showing two women and a child beside a wheel, 1725-1770

Designed by Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

Lead Weight

Lead Weight

Greek

Stick of Ink with manufacturer's label on one side and with flower, bird, and cloud design on reverse

Stick of Ink with manufacturer's label on one side and with flower, bird, and cloud design on reverse

Japanese

Lead Weight

Lead Weight

Greek

Woodblock: Francis James Child

Woodblock: Francis James Child, 1843 - 1907

Gustav Kruell