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Artist: Sakurai Seppo (1753 – 1824, Japanese)

Date: 1870 – 1890

Medium: wood; fibre

Catalogue Number: 103.08.0261 a,b

Description: Palmate, flat fans with carved, black gold lacquer handles with purple tassels. (a) lady in a house reading, lady is quilted to create relief. Lamp, books and table and teapot are appliqued cut outs;. Calligraphy and chop mark on right. Obverse of fan is trellis and blossoms (b) two ladies with …

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Artist: Sakurai Seppo (1753 – 1824, Japanese)

Title: fan

Date: 1870 – 1890

Medium: wood; fibre

Dimensions: 0.7 x 23.0 x 35.8 cm

Description: Palmate, flat fans with carved, black gold lacquer handles with purple tassels. (a) lady in a house reading, lady is quilted to create relief. Lamp, books and table and teapot are appliqued cut outs;. Calligraphy and chop mark on right. Obverse of fan is trellis and blossoms (b) two ladies with insect cage, hunting in reeds. Ladies and cage quilted to create relief. Calligraphy and chop mark on right, obverse plain. Both fans are fabric over bamboo or reed with painted and appliqued designs.

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

Catalogue Number: 103.08.0261 a,b

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Artist: Henry Ayn

Date: c. 1925

Medium: gouache on paper

Catalogue Number: AyH.07.01

Description: Two older ladies are standing close together. Both ladies have aprons on and are carrying baskets. One lady has an umbrella tucked into her arm while the two look down at a small booklet or list. In a basket sitting on the ground in the bottom left corner of the image there are two ducks. One lady …

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Artist: Henry Ayn

Title: Untitled

Date: c. 1925

Medium: gouache on paper

Dimensions: 33.5 x 24.0 cm

Description: Two older ladies are standing close together. Both ladies have aprons on and are carrying baskets. One lady has an umbrella tucked into her arm while the two look down at a small booklet or list. In a basket sitting on the ground in the bottom left corner of the image there are two ducks. One lady is wearing a dark dress and the other is wearing a lighter coloured dress.Both women are wearing head covers of some type.

Subject: figure; female; animal; duck

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

Catalogue Number: AyH.07.01

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Changing of Robes, Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Date: 1896

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.01 a-c

Description: (a)standing female figure, dressed in red kimono, holding a black box, in front of what appears to be a vanity table with mirror, artist's marks in the lower left hand corner (b) 36.9 x 25.3/35.5x23.7 kneeling female figure dressed in black kimono is helping another standing female figure adjust he…

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Title: Changing of Robes, Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)

Date: 1896

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 36 x 25 cm

Description: (a)standing female figure, dressed in red kimono, holding a black box, in front of what appears to be a vanity table with mirror, artist's marks in the lower left hand corner (b) 36.9 x 25.3/35.5x23.7 kneeling female figure dressed in black kimono is helping another standing female figure adjust her kimono, which is patterned with fans (c) 36.8x25.2/35.523.6 kneeling female figure in dark blue flowing kimono looking over her right shoulder, folding what appears to be a bed quilt, artist's marks in the lower right hand corner, and calligraphy in the upper right hand corner (a)(b) and (c) are a triptych, and all have a light background of scattered flowers

Subject: figure; female; group

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

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.01 a-c

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Fire at the Castle, Life from the Inner Most Court of Chiyoda Castle

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Date: 1896

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.04 a-c

Description: (a) lady dressed in a black kimono carries a paper lantern and long sword, there is a tall column of smoke behind her, above the roof tops, and shadowy figures (b) 37.4 x 25.7/36.0 x 24.1 two ladies, one mounted on a white horse, the other holding the horse and a long sword in her other hand, both …

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Title: Fire at the Castle, Life from the Inner Most Court of Chiyoda Castle

Date: 1896

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 37 x 25 cm

Description: (a) lady dressed in a black kimono carries a paper lantern and long sword, there is a tall column of smoke behind her, above the roof tops, and shadowy figures (b) 37.4 x 25.7/36.0 x 24.1 two ladies, one mounted on a white horse, the other holding the horse and a long sword in her other hand, both are dressed in black kimonos and wearing tall conical black hats (c) 37.7 x 25.7/35.9 x 24.5 three ladies dressed in black kimonos with tall black hats are all holding long swords, and one has a paper lantern. Horses were brought to Japan from North China and Mongolia.

Subject: figure; group; female; animal; horse

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

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.04 a-c

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Noble Ladies in Tokugawa Era

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Date: 1895

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.06 a-c

Description: This triptych features three women: one per panel. In the first panel is a woman standing holding a rope which is cut of by the edge of paper. Her head is facing right and down looking into the second panel where the rope she is holding is attached to a cart. This cart contains a very large bask…

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Title: Noble Ladies in Tokugawa Era

Date: 1895

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 36.0 x 71.25 cm

Description: This triptych features three women: one per panel. In the first panel is a woman standing holding a rope which is cut of by the edge of paper. Her head is facing right and down looking into the second panel where the rope she is holding is attached to a cart. This cart contains a very large basket of flowers, and a women is crouching down by the cart holding a beautiful red scarf. The carts wheel goes into the third panel where a woman holding a small child stands. This woman’s body is facing towards the right, but her head turned down and to the left to view the cart. There is no background in any of the scenes, except for a blossoming tree behind the cart.

Subject: group; figures; female; activity; summer

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

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.06 a-c

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Portrait of Mrs. Pearl Moore

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Artist: Elizabeth Fulda (1879 – 1968, American)

Date: c. 1931

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: FuE.02.02

Description: An almost full face portrait of a woman, she has short hair.

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Artist: Elizabeth Fulda (1879 – 1968, American)

Title: Portrait of Mrs. Pearl Moore

Date: c. 1931

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 44.5 x 36.5 cm

Description: An almost full face portrait of a woman, she has short hair.

Subject: portrait; female

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: FuE.02.02

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Woman Climbing Path

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Artist: Ruth Fulda

Date: c. 1930

Medium: watercolour; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: FuR.05.01

Description: A figure of a woman dominates centre of picture. She faces towards the back climbing a hill.

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Artist: Ruth Fulda

Title: Woman Climbing Path

Date: c. 1930

Medium: watercolour; ink on paper

Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 cm

Description: A figure of a woman dominates centre of picture. She faces towards the back climbing a hill.

Subject: activity; summer; figure; female

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: FuR.05.01

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Portrait of Mrs. William Hutchinson

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Date: 1898

Medium: on paper

Catalogue Number: HuW.18.01

Description: A three-quarter side view of head and torso of a young woman. Her hair is piled on her head. She is wearing a velvet dress with puff sleeves and an off white lace collar. A high necked blouse has a large bow with ends hanging down the front, the bow is right under her chin. The colour is in so…

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Title: Portrait of Mrs. William Hutchinson

Date: 1898

Medium: on paper

Dimensions: 26.0 x 18.5 cm

Description: A three-quarter side view of head and torso of a young woman. Her hair is piled on her head. She is wearing a velvet dress with puff sleeves and an off white lace collar. A high necked blouse has a large bow with ends hanging down the front, the bow is right under her chin. The colour is in soft browns, the collar, blouse and bow are off-white. The photograph is behind a convex glass, gold wooden mat ca .5 wide with a red fabric mat 5.0 wide, a fancy detailed plaster frame is 4.3 wide.

Subject: portrait; female; Gertrude Adams

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: HuW.18.01

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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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Artist: Pegi Nicol MacLeod (1904 – 1949, Canadian)

Date: 1927

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: McP.02.01

Description: Head and shoulder portrait of a woman, she is wearing a scarf wrapped around her head, purple/green with red stripes, covering her shoulders blue with light green stripes, the features are cubistic, eyes looking straight out of the picture, mouth light purple and opened, bottom teeth visible, t…

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Artist: Pegi Nicol MacLeod (1904 – 1949, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1927

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 25.5 x 20.5 cm

Description: Head and shoulder portrait of a woman, she is wearing a scarf wrapped around her head, purple/green with red stripes, covering her shoulders blue with light green stripes, the features are cubistic, eyes looking straight out of the picture, mouth light purple and opened, bottom teeth visible, the portrait is very close cropped to the outer edges. Linen mat, gold coloured frame with a small brass plate centered Pegi Nicol MacLeod 1904 - 1949.