Hanauri (Flower vendors) Item Number: N2.1252 d from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Print showing a scene of women conversing behind a gate, two carrying trays of flowers on their heads. Ox and cart in background. Colours are green, blue, pink, yellow, brown and black. Black Japanese characters and red symbol on bottom right corner of image. Red characters on bottom right corner of image border. The mount is marked "Made in Japan".
Narrative
This print, Hanauri (花売; Flower vendors) by Wada Sanzō (和田三造) is from the series, Showa shokugyō ezukushi (昭和職業絵尽; Occupations of Shōwa Japan in pictures), 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 摺大野 (Hanmoto Kyoto hanga-in suri Ōno; published by Kyoto hanga-in; printed by Ōno).
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
- Hanauri (Flower vendors)
- Identification Number
- N2.1252 d
- Type of Item
- Manufacturing Technique
- woodblock printed and painted
- Overall
- height 36.5 cm, width 46.0 cm
- Image
- height 30.3 cm, width 41.3 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