A Sword Maker Item Number: 2723/3 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Vertically rectangular multicoloured print depicting a sword maker's workshop in which four men hammer or carve different parts of swords, one man stokes the coal fire, and a woman gets water for a pot of tea while a young girl clings to her skirt.
History Of Use
Reproduction from a set of paintings called “Shokunin ezukushi” (職人絵尽/A Collection of Pictures of Artisans), which consists of 24 pieces, painted on screens, which are kept in the Kitain (喜多院; temple) at Kawagoe, in Saitama Prefecture. The paintings are attributed to Tosa Mitsuoki (土佐光起), who was appointed “Sakon-Shogen” early in the era of Genroku and made Chief of the Painting Bureau.
Item History
- Made by Mitsuoki Tosa (Maker) in Japan
- Collected in Ueda, Nagano, Japan during 1970
- Owned by Marnie Tunbridge before November 11, 2008
- Received from Marnie Tunbridge (Donor) on November 11, 2008
What
- Name
- A Sword Maker
- Identification Number
- 2723/3
- Type of Item
- Overall
- height 37.5 cm, width 27.0 cm
- Image
- height 30.2 cm, width 20.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Creator
- Mitsuoki Tosa (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Marnie Tunbridge
- Received from
- Marnie Tunbridge (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
- Collected in
- Ueda, Nagano, Japan
When
- Collection Date
- during 1970
- Ownership Date
- before November 11, 2008
- Acquisition Date
- on November 11, 2008
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2723/0003