Tōto hane'i no zu Item Number: N2.781 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Print with three panels hinged together, showing five ladies and a boy (servant) at a market place. Two ladies at left are not wearing socks. Background is of store keepers and other shoppers. Colours are red, blue, grey, brown and white. (Adhered to a cardboard support.)
Narrative
This triptych is entitled Tōto hane’i no zu (東都繁栄之図; The prosperous Eastern Capital), and signed 一寿斎芳員画 (Ichijusai Yoshikazu ga). It was published by Sanoya Kihee/Kihei (佐野屋喜兵衛) with his seal 佐野喜 (Sanoki) marked on the print. The depicted women stand in front of a kimono wholesale store called Iwaki Masuya (岩城升屋); the store name is marked with Iwa (岩) in two squares on red shop curtains.
Item History
- Made by Yoshikazu Utagawa (Maker) in Japan during 1855
- Collected between 1911 and 1930
- Owned by James Fyfe-Smith and Mary G. Fyfe-Smith
- Owned by Florence Fyfe-Smith before 1957
- Received from Florence Fyfe-Smith (Donor) during 1957
What
- Name
- Tōto hane'i no zu
- Identification Number
- N2.781
- Type of Item
- Manufacturing Technique
- woodblock printed
- Overall
- height 37.0 cm, width 75.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Creator
- Yoshikazu Utagawa (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- James Fyfe-Smith, Mary G. Fyfe-Smith and Florence Fyfe-Smith
- Received from
- Florence Fyfe-Smith (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Creation Date
- during 1855
- Collection Date
- between 1911 and 1930
- Ownership Date
- before 1957
- Acquisition Date
- during 1957
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 79