Fine illustrated Ginzan emaki (illustrated silver mining handscroll), entitled in manuscript at beginning “Tanshū Ikuno...
18 fine paintings of the extraction of the ore, smelting, and the administrative & commercial activities associated with the mine. Scroll on paper (311 x 12,170 mm.), inner front endpaper with decorative square-cut gold applications, outer side with silk brocade covering, wooden core roller, backed with mica-embossed paper. [Japan]: “copied 1892.”
An uncommonly well-illustrated scroll depicting the mining and refining activities of the Ikuno silver mine, depicting the technology of mining used in the late 18th century.
Silver was mined at the Ikuno Ginzan (Ikuno Silver Mine) from the 9th century until the late 20th century and was an important... More
