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Shokunin Ezukushi: JinN2.1130 a-o

Volume III, titled "People", of a three volume set (with N2.1131, N2.1132). The volume has ten prints that illustrate various arts. All are wood block printed in basic colours of orange, black, green, white, and gold. Many pages are detached from the binding. Each print is preceded by a title page with central Japanese characters indicating what is depicted in the print. Translations are in pencil below these characters. The first print (part i) is titled “Sword Maker”. It depicts a household scene with an old man sitting on the front terrace dipping something into a bucket of water while inside behind him, there are six other people behind him, four who are around a fire and two who are sitting at a long rectangular bench. The second print (part a) is titled “Arrow Maker” (part l). It depicts six men making arrows: two inside a house, two kneeling on the terrace, and two outside. The third (part c) is titled “A Maker of Lacquer Work” (part b). It shows 5 people inside a house and one on an outer porch. All are performing tasks related to lacquer work. The fourth (part d) is titled “Carpenter” (part m) and it depicts six people involved in various aspects of carpentry. The fifth print (part e) titled “Tatami Maker” depicts seven people with two working outside on baskets and carpets, a woman on an outside bench caring for a child, a person carry water through the door, and the rest in the house. The next print (part f), “Embroidery Worker”, depicts five people with three women working around a table doing embroidery while a man is working on the right side on the top floor. Another man is appearing to doze while sitting on the bottom floor. The seventh print (part g) is called “Put on a Pattern” and it depicts nine people. Eight women are inside the house doing sewing work and one man is sitting on the outer terrace with a fan in his hand. The eighth (part j) is titled “Straw Worker” and it shows a man on a bed surrounded by hanging straw mats while a woman is carrying a bucket of water and a tray of food toward him. The last (part h) is called “Bag Maker with Fur” (part k). It depicts six people in a house with many animal skins hanging on the left wall. Three people are inside working with fur three are outside on the terrace, two men working on objects and another kneeling by their sides. Covers are parts n and o.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper and ink
Made in
Tokyo, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido HighwayN2.1241

Print depicting two groups of men carrying tented platforms. One tented platform is enclosed, the other shows a man sitting in the centre of the tented platform. There is a large building in the background full of people.Print of Kusatsu Station (#52). This is one of a series of reproductions of the "53 Post Stations on the Tokaido Hwy." from Nihonbashi to Kyoto (Hoei-do edition). Print is matted on a piece of white-yellow paper and has an additional cover page that folds over the print. A printed inscription on the cover page reads: “ KUSATSU A station on the Tokaido Line along the shore of Lake Biwa, near Karahashi at Seta which appears in Omi Hakkei (Eight views of Lake Biwa)." There are Japanese characters at the top, bottom, and side of the printed message.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido HighwayN2.1212

Print of a group of people crossing a shallow body of water. There are four men carrying another man who sits in a covered tented platform. Another man sits on the back of a horse. There are several small trees, a larger body of water, and an overhanging cliff in the background. Print of Okitsu Station (#17). This is one of a series of reproductions of the "53 Post Stations on the Tokaido Hwy," from Nihonbashi to Kyoto (Hoei-do edition). Print is matted on a piece of white-yellow paper and has an additional cover page that folds over the print. A printed inscription on the cover page reads: "OKITSU Just this side of Shimizu Harbour on the sea. The stream and rocks remain the same. The stout men in the print are wrestlers." There are Japanese characters at the top, bottom, and side of the printed message.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1521

Folding paper hand fan with stained bamboo ribs. Mottled white and grey paper leaf is painted on one side with scenery of a seaside village in grey, white and black.

Culture
Japanese
Material
brass metal, paper, bamboo grass, paint and stain
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanN2.703

Folding paper hand fan with bamboo ribs. One side is painted with the image of a male figure in a rain cape walking by a stream with tall blades of grass in the foreground; backside is plain. A wristlet made from a thin green cord with a green bead at one end is attached to the bottom of the fan.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass, paper, paint, fibre, glass and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanN2.937

Folding paper hand fan with black lacquered bamboo ribs. Both sides of the fan are painted a solid, metallic gold colour with burnished effects around the edges and folds. Two red and white tassels on a long, knotted orange cord are attached to the base of the fan.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass, lacquer, paper and paint ?
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanN2.679

Rounded paper hand fan with a black lacquered wooden handle with a length of orange cord tied through a hole at one end. An image painted on one side depicts a blue monster-like figure kneeling on or riding a grey swirl-shaped figure. Edges are trimmed with silver. Backside is plain.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, bamboo grass, paint, fibre, lacquer and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanN2.693

Rounded paper hand fan with a bamboo handle. One side of the fan features a painted underwater scene with grey and orange fish, light blue water and stylized green plants; black characters and a red stamp appear to one side. Backside of fan is plain.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass, paper and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToyN2.932 a-b

Two dolls, each on their own circular wood base. The first doll (part a) is carrying a baby on the back and wearing blue under an orange garment decorated with white and green circles. The second doll (part b) is a female wearing a red upper garment decorated with gold-coloured circles and a blue lower garment decorated with white horizontal lines. In front of her, she is holding a brown circular object with gold-coloured radial lines.

Culture
Japanese
Material
birch wood and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToyN2.913

Female figure dressed in blue, black, red, and white robe. Sami-sen player. She is wearing a white hat with two red dots in the middle, and she is holding a long pointed stick in her left arm. Standing on a wood base.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, clay, paint and adhesive
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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