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Board for embossing paper, pictured with Fumiko Satō

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posted on 2025-01-22, 10:48 authored by Daphne Mohajer va PesaranDaphne Mohajer va Pesaran
These are hand-carved wooden boards used for embossing or creating a motif on paper.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

S02

Rights owner

Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Cultural group

Japanese

Participants

Fumiko Satō, Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Country

Japan

Place

Shiroishi, Miyagi

Item/object

Wooden board for embossing

Techniques of production

Carved

Materials alt

Wood

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Workshop

Temporality

Late Edo-period

Date of creation

2020-01-28

Unique ID

2019SG04-S02-0223

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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    Keywords

    takuhonembossingpaper-clothshiroishi

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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