Woodblock Print Item Number: N2.1128 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Landscape scene with samurais and ladies seated on ground. River and bridge in background. Colours are green, orange, yellow, blue, grey and black. Label on mount says, "GENUINE" and is about the artist Hiroshige, his birth of 1797, death at 1858, and work period between 1818 and 1858. Red and yellow rectangles with black Japanese characters in top right corner, red and white rectangles with Japanese symbols in bottom left corner, also black round and rectangle with characters in same corner.
Item History
- Made by Hiroshige Utagawa (Maker) in Japan
- Collected between 1911 and 1914
- 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
- Woodblock Print
- Identification Number
- N2.1128
- Type of Item
- Manufacturing Technique
- woodblock printed
- Overall
- height 46.4 cm, width 33.2 cm
- Image
- height 34.6 cm, width 24.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Creator
- Hiroshige 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
- Collection Date
- between 1911 and 1914
- Ownership Date
- before 1957
- Acquisition Date
- during 1957
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper
- Condition
- good