Koshu Hiburi: from Chie-No-Umoi Item Number: 795/137 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular, multicoloured woodcut print. Print is of bon fires for gathering fishes in Kai Province from the series “Chie-no-Umi” (thousand pictures of seas and rivers). In a running stream, four men wave long sticks on fire while four other men catch the fish. In the background are green trees against a night sky.
Item History
- Made by Hokusai Katsushika (Maker) in Japan
- Owned by Anne M. Smith before May 6, 1982
- Received from Anne M. Smith (Donor) on May 6, 1982
What
- Name
- Koshu Hiburi: from Chie-No-Umoi
- Identification Number
- 795/137
- Type of Item
- Image
- height 19.0 cm, width 26.0 cm
- Frame
- height 37.5 cm, width 52.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Creator
- Hokusai Katsushika (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Anne M. Smith
- Received from
- Anne M. Smith (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Ownership Date
- before May 6, 1982
- Acquisition Date
- on May 6, 1982
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0795/0137