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The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido HighwayN2.1205

Print depicts a small town to one side and an open grassy area on the other. There are trees separating the two spaces. A person leads a donkey(?) up the path. There are trees against a blue and grey sky in the background. Print is of Oiso Station (#8). 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: "OISO The sea, viewed from the hills, is glittering white. Though it rains aslant from a dark yellow sky, the rains look warm, as is natural at Oiso where the weather is mild." There are Japanese characters on the top, side, and bottom of the printed message.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentN2.950 a-c

Set of three plastic sticks, each with a flat, balloon-shaped finial at the top; finials are orange (a), yellow (b), and grey-green (c). Finials each have one small cut out near the top and are painted with characters and linear floral and geometric designs in black.

Culture
Japanese
Material
celluloid plastic and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlaqueN2.740

Fan-shaped wood plaque with a calendar of 1936 hidden under a lantern. Also included on the plaque, is a rear view of a standing female dressed in a kimono looking at the cherry blossoms in front of her. Her black hair is tied up in a bun with metal hair adornments, foil-like paper hair adornments, and a bow. The kimono is a floral pattern with white flowers having yellow centres on a light blue background with another part of her kimono having five-petalled gold flowers on a red background.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, paint, fibre, paper and metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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The Fifty-Three Post Stations of the Tokaido HighwayN2.1141

Print depicting a group of people traveling across a wooden bridge. There are mountains in the background. Rows of houses are located at the foot of the mountains. 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: “ KYOTO As the Nihon-bashi in Yedo is the starting-point, so the Sanjo O-hashi in Kyoto is the final goal. The travellers [sic] in Hiroshige's days left the Nihon-bashi in the morning and arrived at Kyoto where the Mikado lived approximately fifteen days later." 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 HighwayN2.1235

Print of the side of a snow covered cliff. There are a group of people traveling up the side of the cliff. A building is at the top. Trees line the slope. Print of Kameyama Station (#46). 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: “ KAMEYAMA A station on the Ise-sangu Line (the line for the Ise Shrine). The remains of the Kameyama Castle are approximately half a mile to the north-perhaps the scene of this print." 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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Harpoon HeadN2.308

Detachable metal harpoon head that has a hollow shank. The point has two barbs, one on either sides, pointing outward and downward. The stem flares outward and downward with a flaring triangular protrusion at the bottom on one side.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
steel metal
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookN2.311 a-b

A pair of plain metal hooks, each with an inward barb. One hook (part a) loops at the end while the other hook (part b) has a hole pierced at the end.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
steel metal
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolN2.482

Back scratcher is in the form of a small hand. There is an orange string looped around through a hole at the end of the handle.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass and fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToyN2.930

Engine with two cars. At the front to the right of the train, there is a multi-coloured square sign. At the back to the left of the train, there is a green light post. The scene is on a convexly curved rectangular platform with a cylindrical base near each end.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass, paint, paper and adhesive
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DocumentN2.999

Annotations of a Chinese classic on filial piety. Can be read in Japanese with insertions of red characters. The cover is brown with white diagonal lines. There is black calligraphy on the front surrounded by red on a white piece of paper.

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