Doll Display Box
Item number Ed5.2845 a-c from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Wooden box (part b) with sliding front (part c). Box has front which slides into grooves at edges. The front has a strip on top which fits to box and a strip across the bottom. There is black calligraphy on front. Display of dolls (part a) on a platform. Four-tiered dais covered with red fabric, and a wooden backdrop covered with gold paper. Top tier has small platform with two seated figures with two small seated figures, and having three larger figures and two lamps surround them. Next tier has five blue robed figures. Next tier has two figures. Bottom tier has three yellow robed figures, a lemon tree, and a red flowered tree.
History Of Use
Dolls are displayed at Hina Matsuri (festival for girls) and represent emperor, empress and court. Practice of displaying dolls dates to early Edo (1600-1868); as festival increased in popularity so did the number of tiers and dolls. Parents present daughter with Hina set at birth or on first birthday and she takes it with her at marriage.
Narrative
Part of the Miss Jessie M. Miller Collection. Miss Miller was a teaching evangelist for the Anglican Church of Canada.
Item History
- Made in Japan
- Collected between 1935 and 1968
- Owned by Jessie M. Miller
- Owned by Donovan F. Miller, Mrs. Donovan F. Miller and Dorothy W. Miller before November 9, 1977
- Received from Donovan F. Miller (Donor), Mrs. Donovan F. Miller (Donor) and Dorothy W. Miller (Donor) on November 9, 1977
What
- Name
- Doll Display Box
- Identification Number
- Ed5.2845 a-c
- Type of Item
- box
- Material
- wood, adhesive, fibre, clay, paint, plastic, paper and ink
- Manufacturing Technique
- sawn, turned, moulded, painted and glued
- Overall
- height 7.1 cm, width 6.8 cm, depth 6.3 cm
- Part A
- height 6.0 cm, width 5.5 cm, depth 4.8 cm
- Part B
- height 7.1 cm, width 6.5 cm, depth 6.3 cm
- Part C
- height 6.8 cm, width 6.6 cm, depth 0.9 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Previous Owner
- Jessie M. Miller, Donovan F. Miller, Mrs. Donovan F. Miller and Dorothy W. Miller
- Received from
- Donovan F. Miller (Donor), Mrs. Donovan F. Miller (Donor) and Dorothy W. Miller (Donor)
When
- Collection Date
- between 1935 and 1968
- Ownership Date
- before November 9, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on November 9, 1977
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0422/0036 a-c
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