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Viewing of Chrysanthemums at the Temporary Imperial Palace

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Date: 1888

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.07 a-c

Description: This triptych is a summer scene made up of mostly greens and reds. The three panels all feature groups of women. There is a lake in the background. The first panel contains a group of three women,2 standing and one crouching, in the foreground. In the background are 3 more women immersed in the…

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Title: Viewing of Chrysanthemums at the Temporary Imperial Palace

Date: 1888

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 37 x 74 cm

Description: This triptych is a summer scene made up of mostly greens and reds. The three panels all feature groups of women. There is a lake in the background. The first panel contains a group of three women,2 standing and one crouching, in the foreground. In the background are 3 more women immersed in the flowers. In the trc os a building on an overhang. The second panel features 4 women clustered in front of large flowers. The third panel also contains 4 women. In the tlc is a gazebo of sorts with flowers all around.

Subject: group; women; activity; summer; flower viewing

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.07 a-c

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Ike-No-Hata Fireworks

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Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)

Date: 1881

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: KiY.04.05

Description: two boys climb a tree and a crowd of people are watching fireworks across a body of water, red lanterns are strung between the trees

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Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)

Title: Ike-No-Hata Fireworks

Date: 1881

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 24.7 x 36.6 cm

Description: two boys climb a tree and a crowd of people are watching fireworks across a body of water, red lanterns are strung between the trees

Subject: landscape; figure; group

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: KiY.04.05

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Snow Scene in Oume, Hunabiki-Doli

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Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)

Date: 1879

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: KiY.04.02

Description: two ladies standing near a bridge, wearing stilted clogs and carrying closed umbrellas, three other people appear in the distance, the sky and water are very grey, trees and buildings are lightly covered with snow

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Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)

Title: Snow Scene in Oume, Hunabiki-Doli

Date: 1879

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 24.9 x 36.7 cm

Description: two ladies standing near a bridge, wearing stilted clogs and carrying closed umbrellas, three other people appear in the distance, the sky and water are very grey, trees and buildings are lightly covered with snow

Subject: landscape; figure; group

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: KiY.04.02

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Snow in the Dawn

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Artist: Odo Kokusei

Date: 1879

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: KkO.04.01 a-c

Description: (a) group of ladies frolicking in the snow, building large snowballs, and throwing snow at each other (b) 36.8 x 25.4/36.0 x 24.6 in the foreground a lady in an elaborate kimono sits by the entrance of a building watching the activity outside, the background is dominated by a large snow Buddha-like…

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Artist: Odo Kokusei

Title: Snow in the Dawn

Date: 1879

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 36.8 x 25.3 cm

Description: (a) group of ladies frolicking in the snow, building large snowballs, and throwing snow at each other (b) 36.8 x 25.4/36.0 x 24.6 in the foreground a lady in an elaborate kimono sits by the entrance of a building watching the activity outside, the background is dominated by a large snow Buddha-like structure (c) 36.8 x 25.5/36.2 x 25.2 a gentleman seated on a cushion glances at the activity outside, while a lady behind him carries a tray with a snow sculpture

Subject: figure; group; activity; female; male

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: KkO.04.01 a-c

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Tokyo Aristocratic School Picture of Banquet of Gakushu

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Date: 1877

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.09 a-c

Description: This triptych is highly decorative with a flower motif on everything from the carpet to the kimonos. Most prevalent colour is red and green. A banquet is occurring. On the first panel in the trc two women sit on a platform. 5 other women standing and sitting are in this panel as well, all facin…

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Title: Tokyo Aristocratic School Picture of Banquet of Gakushu

Date: 1877

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 36 x 72 cm

Description: This triptych is highly decorative with a flower motif on everything from the carpet to the kimonos. Most prevalent colour is red and green. A banquet is occurring. On the first panel in the trc two women sit on a platform. 5 other women standing and sitting are in this panel as well, all facing right. The second panel features a table covered with food and flowers. 3 active women are gathered around the table, almost blending into the decorations while a fourth woman kneels in the trc facing right. A rectangular descriptive panel is in the trc. The third panel features a separate room in the tlc where the men are gathered around a table and served by women. 5 women are gathered in the foreground of this panel playing instruments and holding small bowls; they are facing the table that is in the second panel.