Sword & Blossom Poems II Item Number: N2.1246 b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Book of poems by various authors entitled "Sword & Blossom Poems Volume II". "Done into English Verse/by/Shotaro Kimura/&/Charlotte M. A. Peake./Illustrated by Japanese Artists./Published by T. Hasegawa/TOKYO/38 Yotsuya Hommura.". Contents include the following: Blossom Songs - Sorrow, Messengers, From the Distance, Alas, Flowerless Fields, Reminiscence, Midsummer Morning, By the Roadside, Autumn Magic, Reflection. Sword Songs - A Patriot, The Glory of This World, War, Student's Song, Sword Dance of Satsuma Clan. Poems are 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
- Sword & Blossom Poems II
- Identification Number
- N2.1246 b
- Type of Item
- book
- Material
- paper
- Manufacturing Technique
- woodblock printed
- Overall
- height 18.3 cm, width 12.4 cm, depth 1.5 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