Red ochre: Ben-gara

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Description
Small glass bottle of powdered pigment used for printing Japanese woodblocks. Paper label in English with color name transliterated from Japanese; separate label with catalogue number. Each bottle is stopped with small cork.
Certain kind of red ochre: Ben-gara
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.03439
catalog number
03439
accession number
23218
Object Name
pigment
Object Type
pigment
Measurements
overall: 8 cm x 3 cm; 3 5/32 in x 1 3/16 in
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Communications
Tokuno Gift
Art
National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_1323748
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-4768-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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