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Japanese paper

Scope note

Use for various types of oriental handmade paper, usually having long fibers. Specifically for paperlike material made from the pith of the rice paper tree, use "rice paper."

This term has 148 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material

Getty AAT term number

300014143

Broader Terms used

Oriental paper

Narrower Terms used

gampi
gasenshi
hosho
Japanese vellum
kozo
mitsumata
moriki
mulberry paper
torinoko

Term used for

paper, Japanese
rice paper (Japanese paper)

Equivalent Terms used

Japanese papers
washi

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Print

Nude Model Standing

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill

An image of Print

Nursemaid and Child

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill

An image of Print

La Marchande de Moutarde

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
Printer: Delâtre

An image of Print

Landscape with trees, farm buildings and a tower

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

An image of Print

The Kitchen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
Printer: Delâtre

An image of Print

The "Adam and Eve". Old Chelsea

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
Printer: Hogarth & Son

An image of Print

La Vieille aux Loques

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
Printer: Delâtre

The Money-Bag and the Whip

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Gill, Eric
Engraver: Pepler, Douglas
Publisher: St. Dominic's Press

Dumb-Driven Cattle

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Gill, Eric
Engraver: Pepler, Douglas
Publisher: St. Dominic's Press

Stream in a village

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Roussel, Théodore Casimir

A man seated in his garden

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Gill, Eric
Engraver: Pepler, Douglas
Publisher: St. Dominic's Press

The Bather

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wright, John Buckland

Mr. Thiers

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bonnat, Léon

Aylmerton, Norfolk

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Heseltine, John Postle

The Spies Escape

Maker(s)

Designer: Leighton, Frederic, Baron
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Elijah and the Widow's Son

Maker(s)

Designer: Brown, Ford Madox
Printmaker: Dalziel family

The Castle Mill, Dorking

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Spradbery, Walter Ernest

Jacob blessing Ephraim and Manasseh

Maker(s)

Designer: Pickersgill, Frederick Richard
Printmaker: Dalziel family

An image of Print

The Goldsmith

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

An image of Print

Christ and the Woman of Samaria: An arched print

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Abstract composition of yellow and brown rectangles

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Martin, Kenneth

Takamiya Taga Taisha Sasaki Genta Saemon

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô
Printer: Yokokawa Takejirô

Sannin Kichisa kuruwa no hatsugai, Ichimura

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Publisher: Shôrindô
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô

Sentô Matsuemon, ?Shôdôya

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa
Publisher: ?Fujiokaya Keijirô

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