Soba no demae mochi (Soba delivery boy) Item Number: N2.1252 j from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Print showing a scene of a boy on a bicycle carrying food containers stacked high, a tree on the side of the street, and people in the background. Colours are green, blue, red, brown, grey and white. Red Japanese characters at bottom right corner. Black Japanese characters and red symbol to the right of main image. The mount is marked "Made in Japan".
Narrative
This print, Soba no demae mochi (蕎麦の出前持ち; Soba delivery boy) by Wada Sanzō (和田三造) is from the series, Showa shokugyō ezukushi daini shū (昭和職業絵尽第二輯; Occupations of Shōwa Japan in pictures, series 2), originally published by Nishinomiya shoin (西宮書院) in 1939 –1941. The original version has hand-written print and series titles. This print published by Kyoto hanga-in (京都版画院) is from a later edition. The print is signed三造 (Sanzō) with his seal in red and is marked with the publisher’s seal, 版元京都版画院 (Hanmoto Kyoto hanga-in; published by Kyoto hanga-in).
Item History
- Made by Sanzo Wada (Maker) in Japan during 1950
- Owned before 1957
- Received from Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Unknown (Seller) during 1957
What
- Name
- Soba no demae mochi (Soba delivery boy)
- Identification Number
- N2.1252 j
- Type of Item
- Manufacturing Technique
- woodblock printed and painted
- Overall
- height 36.5 cm, width 46.0 cm
- Image
- height 29.6 cm, width 41.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Creator
- Sanzo Wada (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- “Unknown” ?
- Received from
- Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Unknown (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Creation Date
- during 1950
- Ownership Date
- before 1957
- Acquisition Date
- during 1957
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper
- Condition
- good