Object Details
- Description
- Barens used for rubbing the back of the paper against the inked block in Japanese printmaking. See illustrations GA.03209.03-.04. A baren is made of four parts. A stiff disk formed of paper layers pasted together is turned up at the edge to form a shallow receptacle. It is covered with cotton cloth. A second disk of twisted cord fits into this receptacle and is held in place by a bamboo sheath drawn tightly over it and twisted together on the back to form a handle wrapped with additional paper. See illustrations GA.05028-29 diagramming the method of printing with the baren. One baren is divided into its constituent parts; there are several barens registered under this number.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of T. Tokuno, Chief of the Japanese Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Insatsukyoku), 1889-90
- ID Number
- GA.03211.10
- accession number
- 22582
- catalog number
- 03211.10
- Object Name
- baren
- Baren, Japanese
- Other Terms
- Baren, Japanese; Printmaking; Wood Cut
- Measurements
- overall: 12 cm; x 4 23/32 in
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Communications
- Tokuno Gift
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1411975
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-818b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
