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Sample: PaperN2.1270 a-aaa

Fifty-two samples of paper in different weights and colours, contained in a blue handmade folder. Inside the back of the folder is written "With best wishes to Miss Smith. J. Kom July 1954" in black felt pen.

Culture
Japanese
Material
zozo plant, mulberry bark, mitsumatum fibre and gampi paper
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sample: PaperN2.828 a

Large piece of paper that is white with brown silhouettes of household objects interspersed throughout.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanN2.722

Folding paper fan; plain ecru-coloured paper with red seal mark stamped at top.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass, paper, metal and ink
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BootsN2.330 a-b

Boots composed of woven grass with a complicated woven pattern on the toe. The soles are woven on a rag base. Bound with red fabric at cuffs and tied together with twined grass at the top front of each.

Culture
Japanese
Material
grass, fibre and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Women Enjoying Cool Evening by River Kamo at Shijo, a Triptych795/96

Rectangular, multicoloured woodcut print. Print is of three women enjoying a cool evening by the river Kamo at Shijo. One woman is lying down, drinking from a cup. One woman kneels before a bowl upon a stand. She is turned and reaching out a hand to the third woman, who is standing. In the background are white paper lanterns and a screen. Print is part of a triptych with 795/95 and 795/97.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Actor Onoe Kikugoro As O-Kaji at Gion795/65

Rectangular print with black printed outlines, painted vermilion colour and glossy black. Print is of the actor Onoe Kikugoro as the geisha O-Kaji at Gion, a district of Kyoto in Japan. He wears a kimono with a flower motif in red, yellow and green. He holds an umbrella, while a second umbrella leans at his feet. In the background is a tree and water. There are lines of Japanese script above his head, along the right side and across the bottom edge.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BookmarkN2.890 a-f

Set of five bookmarks (parts a-e), with landscape scenes on the bottom left side and black characters on the top right side, packed in a paper envelope (part f). Part a shows a river bend with a tree in the foreground; it has a pink ribbon; part b shows a yellow and red building complex; it has a purple ribbon; part c shows a seascape with a downward tapering object in the foreground; it has a red ribbon; part d shows a simple seascape; it has a yellow ribbon; part e shows a hill top with a lighthouse; it has a green ribbon; and part f shows a downward tapering object within a turquoise semi-circle on the upper left side, two fish within a turquoise semi-circle on the lower right side, and white Japanese characters between the two semi-circles on a brown background.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, ink and fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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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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Hanjo, from the series Nōgaku Hyakuban795/21

Print showing an actor in a white Noh mask holding bambbo in his right hand. Figure is wearing a garment that has a silver-coloured branch pattern on a white background covered by another garment that has a pattern with yellow and green butterflies with pink and red flowers on a pink-orange background. The background is yellow-green. Along the upper left corner are black characters. In the lower left corner, there is a brown fan-shaped seal with a vertically rectangular, red seal next to it with a black character above. The print is vertically rectangular.

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