Beauty and Nandina Item Number: N2.1268 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Image of a woman facing to the left side with a sliding door open behind her, showing branches above and a leafy bush with red berries below. Her black hair is tied up in a bun with multi-coloured fabric. She is wearing the following clothing from inside out: a mauve floral print on a light purple lattice work background; an alternating light blue and white arrow-feather-shaped pattern; and pink and light blue characters on a black background with a multi-coloured floral print belt on a white background. In the lower left corner are black characters. The print is vertically rectangular.
Narrative
This printed is signed 専太郎画 (Sentaro-ga) and was featured in the English language magazine Japan Today and Tomorrow (1937, No. 9), designed to educate the reader about Japan, its culture, politics, businesses etc., and published by Osaka Mainichi Publishing Co. The magazine is fully illustrated with many black and white photographs and seven full page colour illustration, including this woodblock print by Iwata Sentaro.
Item History
- Made by Sentaro Iwata (Maker) in Japan during 1937
- Received from Unknown (Unknown)
What
- Name
- Beauty and Nandina
- Identification Number
- N2.1268
- Type of Item
- Manufacturing Technique
- woodblock printed
- Overall
- height 38.0 cm, width 26.3 cm
- Image
- height 33.5 cm, width 21.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Creator
- Sentaro Iwata (Maker)
- Received from
- Unknown (Unknown)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Creation Date
- during 1937
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper
- Condition
- good