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Insect Vendor Shop
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0116
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- paper; wood; fibre; ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0116
- Description
- Japanese insect vendor, fully furnished. Platform, 23.0x9.8x5.0, is black painted wood covered with black grit paper. Checkerboard patterned paper covers frame shop, 21.5x22.0x7.0. Hinged panels on both sides, 15.3x3.3. Front facing panels have wooden lattice work, same paper pattern. Shopkeeper, t…
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- Title
- Insect Vendor Shop
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- paper; wood; fibre; ceramic
- Description
- Japanese insect vendor, fully furnished. Platform, 23.0x9.8x5.0, is black painted wood covered with black grit paper. Checkerboard patterned paper covers frame shop, 21.5x22.0x7.0. Hinged panels on both sides, 15.3x3.3. Front facing panels have wooden lattice work, same paper pattern. Shopkeeper, teenage girl, is sitting in centre of shop. She has a patterned kimono with red in pattern and lining, wearing blue thongs, hair piled high with a red tie dyed scarf, china face. Open mouth show white teeth, china hands. Many and varied insect boxes displayed, very finely crafted, all secured to framework. The black boxes are for displaying fireflies. The shopkeeper is also secured to the display. (see file for partial list of insects).
- Subject
- households
- miniatures
- business
- figure
- female
- insects
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Edith Morse Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0116
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Miniature, Musical Instruments Musical Instrument Shop
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact105.02.0117
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; paper; fibre; ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0117
- Description
- Japanese musical instruments shop, fully furnished. Wooden base, 36.2 x 18.7 x 5.3, woven floor mat. Wooden shop walls, 35.2x24.0x17.3, open roof. Shopkeeper, teenage girl, wearing patterned, multi-coloured kimono. She is on her knees on the floor holding a shamisen. Delicate features, dimples and…
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- Title
- Miniature, Musical Instruments Musical Instrument Shop
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood; paper; fibre; ceramic
- Description
- Japanese musical instruments shop, fully furnished. Wooden base, 36.2 x 18.7 x 5.3, woven floor mat. Wooden shop walls, 35.2x24.0x17.3, open roof. Shopkeeper, teenage girl, wearing patterned, multi-coloured kimono. She is on her knees on the floor holding a shamisen. Delicate features, dimples and teeth showing. Many and varied musical instruments displayed, secured to frame. On the cloth shop curtain: musical instruments, house of music and rhythm, musical instruments. Items for sale, from l to r, upper to lower, 1 rawhide extra big thin drum, played with stick ?, 2 foreign looking washtub violin like instruments and 1 bow , 3 short necked banjos?, 2 cello bows, 1 rawhide extra big thin drum, 1 short necked banjo ?, 1 biwa lute, 4 hand drums, with a handle, for religious chanting, ?, 3 shami-sen on the stand, 1 shamiosen lying, 6 plectrums for koto, 3 koto, 3 shami-sen, 2 shami-sen plucks, 1 shami-sen, 2 Japanese drums of different sizes, played with sticks, 2 Japanese hand drums, tsuzumi, 2 cellos or bases, 2 African drums, 5 drum sticks in a vase, 2 shami-sen of different sizes, 3 small Japanese hand drums, kozutsumi, 1 medium size Japanese drum, played with sticks, 1 free standing harpsichord like instrument, 1 horse like long harp, 11 bodies of shami-sen piled up in 3 rows, 1 medium shami-sen, 3 Japanese drums of different sizes on top of each other, all played with sticks .
- Subject
- households
- miniatures
- business
- entertainment
- relegious
- pastime
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Edith Morse Robb
- figure
- female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0117
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Miniature Screen
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0141
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- paper; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0141
- Description
- Japanese picture screen, folding. Each panel 12.0 x 5.5. Six panels made of thin wood, paper glued front and back to form hinges for folding. Backing is striped red and cream. Front depicting cherry blossom viewing, lady on the left is playing the fishing game ? A man is standing up, a girl in wai…
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- Title
- Miniature Screen
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- paper; wood
- Dimensions
- 12.0 cm
- Description
- Japanese picture screen, folding. Each panel 12.0 x 5.5. Six panels made of thin wood, paper glued front and back to form hinges for folding. Backing is striped red and cream. Front depicting cherry blossom viewing, lady on the left is playing the fishing game ? A man is standing up, a girl in waiting is holding something in her hands, a mistress is sitting. Checkerboard design encompasses entire picture.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- figure
- female
- male
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Edith Morse Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0141
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0281
- Description
- Two ivory figures, man and woman. Seated woman has bowl between knees and is displaying open book. Her back is turned to standing man who appears to be directing to something over his left shoulder, his right index finger pointing over shoulder. Two cord holes in bottom and signed under woman's rig…
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- Title
- Netsuke
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ivory
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 3.0 x 3.8 cm
- Description
- Two ivory figures, man and woman. Seated woman has bowl between knees and is displaying open book. Her back is turned to standing man who appears to be directing to something over his left shoulder, his right index finger pointing over shoulder. Two cord holes in bottom and signed under woman's right knee. Design has been incised with fine markings, and paint on man's hat band and on kimono ties on his back. Detail on base of netsuke very good.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0281
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ivory; wood; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0284
- Description
- The case is in five segments which are both held together and can be separated by tension of the purple cord. Cord extends from a hole on either extremity of segments rim edges, through to attach itself to the ivory netsuke. Netsuke is woman supporting small child on her back at left shoulder, woma…
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- Title
- Medicine Case
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- ivory; wood; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 2.2 x 5.7 x 9.3 cm
- Description
- The case is in five segments which are both held together and can be separated by tension of the purple cord. Cord extends from a hole on either extremity of segments rim edges, through to attach itself to the ivory netsuke. Netsuke is woman supporting small child on her back at left shoulder, woman wearing kimono, obi and getas. Signature on woman's right leg. Cord hole found on woman's left hip. Round filigree brass button slides on cord between netsuke and inro. Lacquer design on inro is landscape with birds on one side. Obverse is harbour scene with lighthouse boats and full moon, all in gold and black lacquer.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0284
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Miniature Fan Collection
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.08.0299%20a-i
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- paper; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0299 a-i
- Description
- Eight small souvenir paper fans with thin bamboo handles. Red is most dominant colour on all fans. Fans (a-f) are palmate in shape while (g-i) are smaller and circular. All five have a little mirror placed upper left center, and a blue and yellow fan motif at the base where handle meets paper. (a) …
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- Title
- Miniature Fan Collection
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- paper; wood
- Dimensions
- 14.5 cm
- Description
- Eight small souvenir paper fans with thin bamboo handles. Red is most dominant colour on all fans. Fans (a-f) are palmate in shape while (g-i) are smaller and circular. All five have a little mirror placed upper left center, and a blue and yellow fan motif at the base where handle meets paper. (a) image of Japanese woman, bottom left, in 3/4 profile facing right, Japanese male, upper right, faces woman. Small mirror makes up one side of a suspended box. Both figures have bright red lips. (b) Male figure bottom left, looks upwards towards figure of Japanese woman, upper left. Mirror in shape of full moon in background is partially hidden by midground post bearing Japanese calligraphy. (c) Two Japanese males in 3/4 profile facing each other, dressed in official looking clothing. Both are mustached. Mirror appears as one side of street lantern in background. (d) Image of Japanese woman, upper right, looking left toward male who wields a fan in his right hand, the mirror is a part of fan. (e) image of two Japanese women bottom left, faces in 3/4 profile, man wearing helmet upper right. Half moon shaped mirror upper left. (f) Japanese woman lower left, in 3/4 profile. Man in upper right looking down. Mirror in upper left corner in shape of lantern. (g) Small round fan with scene painted on both sides. One side, similar to (a-d) shows male Japanese figure looking right toward female figure, upperight. Small mirror hangs on stand, upper right center. On reverse is red circle with blue, white, and purple cloud like background above yellow fan shape. . Green calligraphy, left center, framed by three consecutive frames. (h) small round fan with scene painted on both sides. On front is similar design to (b) with male figure looking up towards female figure. Round mirror. Same design on back as (g). (i) small round fan with small square mirror and man in lower left corner looking up at woman.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0299 a-i
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0412
- Description
- Shallow footed bowl. Deep ridged foot which is lacquered in red inside. Bowl exterior is varnished wood, bowl interior red lacquer with silver, gold and black decoration of three woman carrying twig bundles overhead. Extensive hairline cracking apparently caused by wood warpage.
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 11.8 x 12.4 cm
- Description
- Shallow footed bowl. Deep ridged foot which is lacquered in red inside. Bowl exterior is varnished wood, bowl interior red lacquer with silver, gold and black decoration of three woman carrying twig bundles overhead. Extensive hairline cracking apparently caused by wood warpage.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0412
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