Print Item Number: N2.1175 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Print with two women holding a long light blue and dark blue banded shawl. The woman on the left side is bending forward with her head turned down toward the left side. She is wearing clothing that has an alternating pink-beige bird, flower, and butterfly pattern. The woman on the right side is standing holding an open folding fan in her right hand with her face turned down toward the left side. Cylindrical yellow containers are stacked in a triangular formation behind them. The background is grey with white flowers along the darker top part. Along each left side, there is a circular red seal, two circular black seals, and black characters. Made of two vertically rectangular prints, adhered to a horizontally rectangular paper mount.
Narrative
The print is signed with two different signatures with Kōchōrō Toyokuni ga (香蝶楼豊國画) on the left, and Ichiyōsai Toyokuni ga(一陽斎豊國画) on the right with red circle seals known as toshidama-in (年玉印).
Item History
- Made by Kunisada Utagawa (Maker) in Japan
- Collected between 1911 and 1930
- Owned by James Fyfe-Smith and Mary G. Fyfe-Smith
- Owned by Florence Fyfe-Smith before 1957
- Received from Florence Fyfe-Smith (Donor) during 1957
What
- Name
- Identification Number
- N2.1175
- Type of Item
- Manufacturing Technique
- woodblock printed
- Overall
- height 45.9 cm, width 61.0 cm
- Image
- height 36.6 cm, width 49.6 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Creator
- Kunisada Utagawa (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- James Fyfe-Smith, Mary G. Fyfe-Smith and Florence Fyfe-Smith
- Received from
- Florence Fyfe-Smith (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Collection Date
- between 1911 and 1930
- Ownership Date
- before 1957
- Acquisition Date
- during 1957
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper
- Condition
- fair