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Kabukiza (Kabuki Theatre)795/24

Woodblock print showing a scene of cars and people in front of a theatre. The car on the left side is green while the car on the right side is purple. Both cars are facing to the right side. The yellow-green theatre has three floors of windows with a cenral curved roof entrance that has four pillars. Each side of the theatre front has a square extension with a peaked roof and an upper balcony. On the left side is a vertically rectangular, red banner with four yellow-white characters. The sky is dark blue and light blue.Along the left edge, there are two vertical sections of black characters. Along the upper right side, there is a vertical row of black characters with a circular, red seal below. The print is horizontally rectangular.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Woodblock Print795/7

A man and a woman crouching on a blue-green floor against blue panels. The man has his head turned toward the left side and is wearing clothing that has three white flowers on a grey background. The woman has her head turned slightly upward from her downward position and is wearing clothing that has three white flowers on a black background and purple, light blue, dark blue, and green cloud shapes on a green geoemetric patterned background. The side panels have white phoenixes ? and similar grey shapes. In the lower right corner, there are five seals, three of which are black circles, one of which is a vertically rectangular, black seal, and the other one of which is a vertically rectangular, red and yellow seal. The print is vertically rectangular.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ayame (Iris)795/17

A print showing two children walking in the ayame (あやめ; iris) garden in the rain. The child to the left is wearing a kimono that has a purple leaf pattern on a pink background. The child to the right is wearing a kimono that has a red, brown, and white geometric floral pattern and is holding a light blue umbrella over their heads. They are walking on a brown path among white and purple irises. The sky from the top down is dark grey and light grey. The artist’s red rectangular seal and his signature in Japanese, ひとし in black appear at the upper right side. The print is horizontally rectangular.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Komori-uta (Lullaby)795/14

A print showing three girls carrying babies on their back. The girl furthest to the left is facing forward and wearing hanten (半纏; traditional short winter coat) that has a pink, red, and light blue pattern on a grey background with a yellow ribbon. The girl in the middle has her head turned to the left and is wearing hanten that has a striped blue, grey, pink, and black pattern. The girl to the right side has her head turned to the left and is wearing hanten that has a light blue and red pattern on a yellow background. The background from the top down is light blue, beige, and brown. The artist’s vertically rectangular, red seal, ひとし appears in the lower right corner. The print is horizontally rectangular.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrawingNb3.1424

Profile pencil line drawing of a stylized bird with a six-plumed tail and/or wing to the right, a head at the top facing in profile to the left side, and having a limb that stretches out to the left side at the bottom. Bird has a long neck and a slightly crooked beak with a crest on top of the head. Design elements include circles, u forms, and split u's. Cross hatched u form near the centre of the body. Scribbled pencil lines surround the image with 'CRANE' written below and 'PETER STEWART' written on the top left corner. On a horizontally rectangular, white card glued to a green card with the same orientation covered with clear plastic.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrawingNb3.1432

Profile, left facing, whale drawn in pencil and painted over in black with orange and green detail. Face on the body is also in profile in the same direction. Mouths are outlined in orange. The green crescent-shaped eye of the head is in a blank ovoid surrounded by a black tapering oval surrounded by a green arew with two parallel, sideways, black u forms behind. The sideways green u-shaped eye of the face in the body is in a blank circle outlined by a black tapering oval surrounded by a green area. Both faces have red mouths with teeth and front fangs. The head has a sideways split u in front of the eye with a sideways green split u behind the mouth. The face on the body has two sideways red u forms at the back. Cross hatched ovoid on the pointed pectoral fin. The belly has black dashes. The dorsal fin has red split u's above and below the central green oval. The back of the body has two sideways green u forms with two black ones that have horizontal red dashes within. The tail has a red oval in a green circle with a black-pointed tip. In black paint, at the bottom right, there reads 'KILLER WHALE'. The drawing is on a horizontally rectangular, white card glued to a horizontally rectangular, red cardboard. Covered with clear plastic.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrawingNb3.1433

Two separate drawings of left facing profile seals on vertically rectangular, grey-white paper pieces glued to a horizontally rectangular, yellow cardboard covered with plastic. Drawing on the left is outlined in black crayon with details in pencil and light yellow and red crayon. The circular grey eye with a yellow line around the top is outlined by a tapering oval. There is a grey w-shape behind the eye and a split u behind the open red mouth with teeth and yellow shapes above. The neck has two grey u forms that are yellow with grey vertical dashes within. There is an upside down grey split u below the neck. The back has a face with petal-like yellow protrusions all around. There is a face at the end of the tail. Pencil inscription at the bottom right reads 'Robert Ryan Seal age - 8'. Drawing on the right is drawn in pencil with pencil and bright yellow and red pencil crayon details. The arch-like grey eye is outlined by a tapering oval. There are two u forms behind the eye and a s-shape behind the open red mouth with teeth and yellow shapes above. The neck has two grey u forms that are yellow with grey vertical dashes within. There is an upside down grey split u below the neck. The back has a face with petal-like yellow protrusions all around. There is a face at the end of the tail. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads 'Happy holidays to the staff from Grade III for the staff age - 9 Seal(,) Charlie'.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaintingNa1587

Painting of a man with a hat in black and a blue car outlined by brown with black wheels on a yellow and white ground. Blue sky above with black outlined white mountains in the background. In black pencil crayon, above the car, there reads 'Kotaeko / E-7-522'. The painting is on horizontally rectangular, brown paper piece.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Apex Hill, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaintingNa1593

Painting with eyes of various colours. The right side has a multi-layered shape with the following from top to bottom: baby blue with a red eye outlined by a pointed purple-blue oval; green with a green eye outlined by a pink oval and a brown eye outlined with a wavy purple-blue line with white at either side; and purple with a green eye outlined by a tapering pink oval. The left side has nine more multi-coloured eyes. The background is spotted purple. Name in green pencil crayon, in the lower left corner, reads 'Parnee'. The painting is on a relatively square, brown paper piece.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Apex Hill, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaintingEdz1487

Scroll type painting depicting three pairs of men, three of which are on an animal and are offering a bar to a more simply dressed man in a house entrance. From to bottom, the men on the animals are wearing the following coloured clothing: blue; red; and green. From top to bottom, the men are on the following animals: a purple bird that has red, green, and blue feathers; a white horse with an orange mane and tail; and a purple lion or dragon that has four white claws, a blue face, and a green mane and tail. From top to bottom, the other three men are by white and red houses: the first is reaching out with both hands and is wearing green clothing; the second has his arms folded and is wearing dark blue clothing; and the third has his right palm up while his left finger is slightly pointing and is wearing light blue clothing. Background has grey-white clouds with red, brown, and purple-pink accents on a blue sky.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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