1996.18.1.2

Collection type

Object

Description

Cardboard box base in which a highly coloured model boat made of mizuhiki, is stored. [CW [OPS move] 31/7/2017]

Long description

The box is rectangular in shape and held together at the corners with metal split pins. The outside is coated with a glossy red paper decorated with irregular silver spots. For the model see [1996.18.1 .1], for the lid for this box see [1996.18.1 .3], and for the small wooden panel with makers mark see [1996.18.18.1 .4]. [CW [OPS move] 31/7/2017]

Geographical reference

Japan

Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan

Iyomishima Shikoku Island

Cultural groups

Japanese

Person

Maker Aritaka Senzan

Field collector John Lowe

PRM source Aritaka Senzan

Date / Period

Date made: 1995

Date collected

1995

Acquisition information

Donated: 02/1996

Materials and processes

Material Paper Plant, Material Metal, Material Cardboard Paper Plant, Process Printed

Dimensions

Height: max 425 mm, Width: max 306 mm, Length: max 476 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1996.18.1.2

Research and responses

For a detailed description of the art of mizuhiki see John Lowe's article, 'Gifts with Strings Attached', Kansai Time Out. July, 1989, pp.8 - 9. (See xerox of article in RDF.) For examples of other mizuhiki crafts see the colour catalogue in RDF.

Associated publications

Illustrated in colour in Oxford Today 1996, with an extended caption by John Lowe (copy in RDF). Illustrated in colour on card 12, pack 2 of the World Art series of teachers' notes (1997), with accompanying text by Arthur Penn, County Art Adviser, Oxfordshire Lea (Studley, Warwickshire: Philip Green Educational Limited). There is a copy of the card in the RDF. [CW 12 9 1997]

Search terms: Marriage, Navigation, Model, Boat