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Paper1312/1 a-c

A package of hand-made paper. The folder (part a) is brown with an image on the inner left side and slots with envelopes on the inner right side. The image is of a woman in a blue kimono with a pink belt bending over working at a station with words brown words across the top reading 'GETSUMEI PAPER / HAND-MADE IN JAPAN'. Inside, there are two brown, two white, two green, two yellow, and two pink envelopes, totalling ten. There are two bundles (parts b-c) of paper, each of which are held together by a band of white paper reading in brown 'GETSUMEI PAPER' with three brown written characters above. The first bundle of paper (part b) has sheets of paper in the following colour order: white, green, green, pink, pink, yellow, yellow, and white. The second bundle of paper (part c) has sheets of paper in the following colour order: green, white, white, white, pink, pink, and yellow.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureN2.1330 a-d

Figure representing a standing crane with its neck arched downwards and a fish-like shape in its beak. The figure is composed of four iron pieces joined together with screws: the body (part a), the head, the right leg, the left leg (parts b-d). The crane has been painted black, and the top of the crane's head has been painted red.

Culture
Japanese
Material
iron metal and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PrintN2.806

Woodblock print of scene with five adults and two children walking in the same direction (towards the left side). One man is carrying a child on his shoulder. They are dressed in overcoats and robes of blue, pink, and grey. There is no background, but there are horizontal light blue lines across the top. On the lower edge, there is a circular black seal and black Japanese characters. Framed with a brocade mount. The print is horizontally rectangular.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hitori musume ni muko hachininN2.1163 a-b

Two piece woodblock print showing eight male figures (part a) and one female figure (part b). The female on the right is resting on the ground leaning against a table, looking toward the men. She is holding a scroll and is wearing clothing that has a light and dark blue diamond pattern on a white background, covered with a red and yellow pattern. The men are on the left, in various positions, wearing clothing that has striped, dotted, checkered, and floral patterns in light blue, grey, yellow, purple, and black. Four men are holding fans, two men have a hand under their chins; one man has both hands crossed under his chin, and one man is admiring himself in a rectangular mirror. The ground is green, the background is white, and the top is blue. Above the female, there are black characters. In each lower right corner, there is a vertically rectangular black seal of the publisher (版元, hanmoto), a pair of circular black censor seals known as nanushi-in (名主印), one type of censor seal, and black writing in 'kanji'. The print is made of two vertically rectangular pieces, creating a horizontally rectangular image overall.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Tokyo, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PrintN2.1172

A man and a woman. The woman on the left side is leaning on the floor with her left hand on the floor to stabilize her while her right hand is holding some of her hair as she tilts her head down toward the left side. She is wearing clothing that has flowers and white dots on ornage, beige, and light blue backgrounds. The man on the right side has his right foot forward and he is wearing clothing that has a blue and green floral print and a red and black checkered pattern. They are both on a wood plank platform that has black barriers at either side. The background is dark blue. In each upper inner corner are black characters. In each lower inner corner is a circular red seal, a circular black seal, and black characters. The print is made of two vertically rectangular pieces, creating a horizontally rectangular image.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PrintN2.1173

Three figures in a battle scene. There are two figures on the left side with a man wearing brown clothing standing holding a sword in his upraised right hand above another man crouching down wearing light blue clothing and holding a sword on the ground with both hands. The right side has another man sitting on a cylindrical object facing down to the left side wearing dark blue clothing. A horizontally striped light blue, white, and light blue banner is behind them all held up by several brown wood pieces. The background is white. In each lower right corner is a circular black seal, a circular red seal, and black characters; there are more black characters along the top. The print is made of two vertically rectangular pieces, creating a horizontally rectangular image.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ariwaraya Narihira, Oguri SōtanN2.1167

Print of two figures with a large screen in the background. The print is the right half of a pair; it would be shown with N2.1168 on the viewer's left. Together they show a scene of three figures, with a large screen in the background. This part shows a male standing figure with his face tilted down toward a man kneeling on the right side. His left hand holds the right wrist of the man on the floor. The standing male is wearing a beige kimono. The man crouching down has his head turned upward, toward the other man; he is wearing a red-orange and brown-beige striped kimono. Signed 一陽斎豊国画 (Ichiyōsai Tokukuni ga) with a red circle known as 年玉印(toshidama-in). Above the signature are two black circle censor seals known as aratame-in (改印) or kiwame-in (極印) of 米良 (Mera) and 渡邊 (Watanabe). In the lower left corner, there is an oval black censor seal of シタ賣 (shita-uri) and below is a circular red seal. In the lower right corner, there is a vertically rectangular black seal of a publisher, 和泉屋清七 (Izumiya Seishichi). The print is made of two vertically rectangular pieces, creating a horizontally rectangular image overall.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hitori musuko ni yome hachininN2.1165 a-b

One print in two pieces (parts a-b). The scene shows nine figures in a comical scene. Part a, the left half, shows a male kabuki actor, to the left of a flowered screen. The other side (part b), shows eight female figures, his fans, who are in the back at the right side with a screen separating them from the actor. The screen has two white and pink flowers, with yellow centres and green leaves, on a speckled off-white background; the panel stands in a brown wood frame. The male figure at the left is facing forward with his head turned toward the women behind the screen. He is sitting cross-legged and is wearing a robe with a beige and dark brown floral pattern on a brown background. The eight female figures are in various positions, wearing clothing that is red, blue, brown, and grey. The floor is blue-green; the background is off-white. In the upper left side (on part a), is the title: 獨息子に娵八人 (Hitori musuko ni yome hachinin), which appears in black on red, in a vertical rectangle. Next to the title is a poem by Umeya. There are two circular black censor seals below the poem. Signed 一勇齊国芳戯画 (Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi giga), with a red outlined shape below. The print is made of two vertically rectangular pieces, creating a horizontally rectangular image overall.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PrintN2.1179 a-b

Two-part print, showing two men (part b) and one woman (part a). The woman is crouching down over a white rod with a yellow basket at either end on the left side. Her right hand is on the white rod while her left hand is in an upward motion as she turns her face to the right side. She is wearing clothing that has a white floral pattern in circles on pale pink and blue backgrounds. The men are on the right side with one holding the other by the scruff of the neck with his left hand while his right hand is holding up the lower portion of his garment. He is wearing clothing that has a white floral pattern with zig zags on light blue and pale blue backgrounds. The other man is wearing clothing that has a brown and black checker-like pattern on a yellow background covered by a green garment. Yellow houses are in the background with a grey-black sky and a green ground. Around the woman from the top (right clockwise) are the following: a vertically rectangular, red seal; a circular red seal with a black character next to it; and a vertically rectangular, red and yellow seal with three circular black ones around it. In the upper right corner above the men are two vertically rectangular, red seals; in the lower right corner is a vertically rectangular, red and yellow seal surrounded by three circular black seals, a circular red seal, and a black character. The print is made of two vertically rectangular pages, creating a horizontally rectangular image overall.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nurishi, from the series Kyōgen Gojūban795/19

Print showing two men kneeling on the right side with another figure standing on the left side. The standing figure has long black hair with a brown face and is wearing yellow and brown checkered clothing with a white garment covering the upper portion. The kneeling man furthest back is wearing a long, white headdress and clothing that has a white and blue floral pattern with yellow and green leaves on an orange background. The kneeling man furthest forward is wearing a green scarf on his head and clothing that is yellow, orange, and brown on top with a dark blue overcoat and brown, purple, yellow, and green on the bottom. The background goes from grey on the left side to beige on the right side. The print is horizontally rectangular.

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