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Shinpan Neko no tenarai shishōN2.1181

Print titled "Cats take calligraphy lessons." Classroom scene with many cats, wearing human clothing, writing calligraphy with brushes and ink. Colours are blue, green, orange, yellow and red. Black Japanese characters appear in columns across the top of the image, and also within the image. There is also a row of characters along the top edge, outside the border.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Tokyo, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Obiya Chōemon, Ichikawa Ebizō; Ohan, Onoe BaikōN2.1164 a-b

Two piece woodblock print of kabuki actors, a man (part a) and a woman (part b), with white cherry blossom trees and a blue river in the background. The woman is on the left sheet and has her head tilted down to the left. Her hair is elaborately done up with a variety of accessories. She is wearing clothing that has orange-pink and blue flowers print on a grey background. The man (part a) is on the right sheet and has his right elbow resting on his left wrist as his right hand holds a pipe. He is facing the woman and is wearing clothing that has a brown striped pattern. Each inner side has the title (consisting of the names of kabuki characters and actors) in black, written in ‘kanji’. Each lower outer corner has a circular black censor seal known as kiwame-in (極 印), a vertically rectangular black seal of the publisher (版 元, hanmoto), and the artist’s signature in black, written 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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Shokunin Ezukushi: TenN2.1131 a-h

Volume I, titled "Heaven", of a three volume set (with N2.1130, N2.1132). The volume has eight prints that illustrate various arts. All are wood block printed in basic colours of orange, black, green, white, and gold. Some 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 a) depicts five men working on a Buddha inside a building. The second (part b) depicts three men making umbrellas. The next (part c) shows a man making writing brushes in sides and a man outside using a switch on a hide. The fourth (part d) depicts four men and one woman ? making armour. Following this print is an image of people involved in the paper-making process with stacks of books and scrolls on shelves behind them (part h). The next print (part e) depicts six women spinning thread. Another, (part f) depicts three men and three women dying banners. The last print (part g) depicts four men and two women making clothes out of leather.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper and ink
Made in
Tokyo, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Papermaking MaterialEd5.1531 a-b

Nine mounted and labelled samples on an off-white card (part b) in a labelled folder of the same material (part a). Six rectangular samples of three kinds of bark used in Japanese handmade paper; three samples include both brown outer and inner bark; three are inner bark only, lightest in centre. Remaining three samples are a small square of yellow-white parchment; a larger square of light brown pounded mulberry; and a rectangular sample of light brown pattra inscribed with black cursive writing.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper mulberry bark, gampi bark, mitsumata bark, parchment, barkcloth, pattra, paste adhesive and machine made paper
Made in
Tokyo, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoinEd5.3236

Round, square hole in centre, inner and outer rims on both sides, 4 characters on obverse, mark or marks on reverse. Kanei tsuho top-bottom-right-left on obverse. Reverse has dot left, dot top-right.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Tokyo, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoinEd5.3223

Round, square hole in centre, inner and outer rims on both sides, 4 characters on obverse, mark or marks on reverse. Kanei tsuho top-bottom-right-left on obverse. Reverse has dot top.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Tokyo, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoinEd5.3272

Round, square hole in centre, inner and outer rims on both sides, 4 characters on obverse, 1 character on reverse. Kanei tsuho top-bottom-right-left on obverse. Reverse has sho top (mintmark).

Culture
Japanese
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Tokyo, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoinEd5.3271

Round, square hole in centre, inner and outer rims on both sides, 4 characters on obverse, 1 character on reverse. Kanei tsuho top-bottom-right-left on obverse. Reverse has sho top (mintmark).

Culture
Japanese
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Tokyo, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoinEd5.3270

Round, square hole in centre, inner and outer rims on both sides, 4 characters on obverse, 1 character on reverse. Kanei tsuho top-bottom-right-left on obverse. Reverse has sho top (mintmark).

Culture
Japanese
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Tokyo, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoinEd5.3263

Round, square hole in centre, inner and outer rims on both sides, 4 characters on obverse, 1 character and other marks on reverse. Kanei tsuho top-bottom-right-left on obverse. Reverse has bun top (mintmark). Reverse has dot left at outer rim, slanted line top to bottom.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Tokyo, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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