Kamishibai (Street paper theatre) Item Number: N2.1252 c from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Print showing a scene of school children listening to a man in uniform looking at a picture on the wall. Woman behind are attending an infant. Colours are white, blue, orange, pink, yellow, brown, green, grey and black. Black Japanese characters and red symbol in upper left corner, red characters at bottom right corner. The mount is marked "Made in Japan".
Narrative
This print, Kamishibasi (紙芝居; Street paper theatre) 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 摺打出 (Hanmoto Kyoto hanga-in suri Uchide; published by Kyoto hanga-in; printed by Uchide).
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
- Kamishibai (Street paper theatre)
- Identification Number
- N2.1252 c
- Type of Item
- Manufacturing Technique
- woodblock printed and painted
- Overall
- height 36.3 cm, width 45.8 cm
- Image
- height 28.5 cm, width 40.2 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