Book Item Number: N2.1246 a from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Book of poems by various authors entitled "Sword and Blossom Poems from the Japanese". Contents include the following: Blossom Songs - Snow, Astray, Waking and Sleeping, Wasted Spring, On the Heights, A Message, The Lotus, Miserere, Maple Leaves, Foam Flowers. Sword Songs - Waiting, Hearts and Swords, A Death Reverie, The Old Examiner. The poems area accompanied by polychromatic illustrations.
Item History
- Made 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
- Book
- Identification Number
- N2.1246 a
- Type of Item
- book
- Material
- paper
- Manufacturing Technique
- woodblock printed
- Overall
- height 18.3 cm, width 12.4 cm, depth 1.6 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- 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