Arrow Makers Item Number: 2723/5 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Vertically rectangular multicoloured print depicting arrow makers sitting on the porch and in the yard of an open-walled house, each at work at one of the stages of arrow making, from the arrival of the wood to the shaping and painting of the shafts, the shaping of feathers, the tempering of the tips, the drying on racks, through to the boxing of the finished product. Several long spears, tridents and broom hang from the ceiling.
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
- Arrow Makers
- Identification Number
- 2723/5
- Type of Item
- Overall
- height 37.5 cm, width 27.0 cm
- Image
- height 30.0 cm, width 19.4 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
- 2723/0005