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Lady Nalih’la Going Down to the East

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Artist
Yasuda Shodo
Date
1887
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ShY.04.01 a-c
Description
This triptych features three women on a journey. What appears to be Mount Fuji is in the background of the first panel, and all three panels are divided in half by a watery background and a yellow sandy foreground; the first panel is the only with trees but has no figures in it. A figure on a hor…
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Artist
Yasuda Shodo
Title
Lady Nalih’la Going Down to the East
Date
1887
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37.5 x 71.0 cm
Description
This triptych features three women on a journey. What appears to be Mount Fuji is in the background of the first panel, and all three panels are divided in half by a watery background and a yellow sandy foreground; the first panel is the only with trees but has no figures in it. A figure on a horse and one standing to the left of the horse make up the second panel, in the third panel a lone figure stands, facing the women in the second panel who’s heads are turned to the left.
Subject
Landscape
Japan
Figures
Women
Nobel Ladies
Animal
Horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ShY.04.01 a-c
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1916
Medium
graphite; pastel; on paper;
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.12
Description
Manufactured sketchbook for pastels made up of coloured papers interleaved with tissue paper. The front cover reads “REEVES’ GREYHOUND PASTEL BOOK, Pete White [written cursive in black ink], No. 4” with the manufacturer details at the bottom and a decorative border around the it all. Details about …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916 – 1916
Medium
graphite; pastel; on paper;
Dimensions
27.1 x 18.3 cm
Description
Manufactured sketchbook for pastels made up of coloured papers interleaved with tissue paper. The front cover reads “REEVES’ GREYHOUND PASTEL BOOK, Pete White [written cursive in black ink], No. 4” with the manufacturer details at the bottom and a decorative border around the it all. Details about Reeves’ products is printed on the back. Contents include buckets, flowers in various containers, flowers on their own, fruit, landscapes, Japanese lanterns & umbrellas, flags, and birds. Most drawings are dated.
Subject
drawing
animals
Japan
children
Peter Whyte;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.12
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Date
1925
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
108.04.1103 a,b
Description
(a) Long silk climbing rope, looped and coiled. (b) Original cardboard box with ACC note regarding useMade in Japan.
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Title
Climbing Rope
Date
1925
Material
fibre
Description
(a) Long silk climbing rope, looped and coiled. (b) Original cardboard box with ACC note regarding useMade in Japan.
Subject
sports
climbing
Japanese
Yuko Maki
Emperor of Japan
Mount Alberta
Credit
Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973
Catalogue Number
108.04.1103 a,b
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The album of Toshogu at Nikko

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1929
Call Number
06.1 J11t
Responsibility
Printer : Minoru Otsuka, Tokyo; Printer place : Otsuka Kojyukusha, Tokyo
Published Date
1929
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Japan
Japanese
Abstract
Pertains to images of scared shrines, temples and carvings featured at the shrine of Toshogu in Nikko, Japan. The album captures images of ancient sacred meeting places, granting the viewer a chance to delve into traditional Japanese culture. Today, the Toshogu shrine continues to be immensely popular, drawing together tourist from all around the world.
Accession Number
2019.64
Call Number
06.1 J11t
Collection
Archives Library
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Nikko, Japan, Iyeyasu's Mausoleum

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.002
Description
A many stepped stone structure on right side with a cylinder cap and Japanese-style temple roof adornment. It is coloured with green and brown with slight highlights of red. At the base and in the foreground is a stone slab with what could be offerings and a figure of a crane-like bird coloured i…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Nikko, Japan, Iyeyasu's Mausoleum
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 24.0 cm
Description
A many stepped stone structure on right side with a cylinder cap and Japanese-style temple roof adornment. It is coloured with green and brown with slight highlights of red. At the base and in the foreground is a stone slab with what could be offerings and a figure of a crane-like bird coloured in brown and green.
Subject
mausoleum
shrine
temple
Japan
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.002
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.003
Description
A gray watercoloured stone path leads back to a Japanese temple with two levels of curving roof. The path winds through a garden of stone sculptures that stand on pedestals before reaching the temple. The temple is coloured with red on the outside walls and windows are yellow and the sloping roof…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Temple, Japan
Date
1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
31.0 x 24.5 cm
Description
A gray watercoloured stone path leads back to a Japanese temple with two levels of curving roof. The path winds through a garden of stone sculptures that stand on pedestals before reaching the temple. The temple is coloured with red on the outside walls and windows are yellow and the sloping roofs are green. A stone wall is to the right of the temple and behind it is a tree trunk painted in brown with two branches in yellow and green. Framing the image to the right is the beginning of a curved gable that enters into the frame but is discontinued.
Subject
temple
shrine
Japan
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.003
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Artist
Unknown Fukamizu
Date
1930
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FuU.05.01
Description
An accordian-style bound book with green brocade silk cover. A piece of beige silk edged in gold is at the upper left of the cover and has Japanese characters printed on it. The cover pages are flecked with gold. Inside the first two pages have Japanese text that has been partially translated into …
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Artist
Unknown Fukamizu
Title
Book Watercolour
Date
1930
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
32.5 x 24.5 cm
Description
An accordian-style bound book with green brocade silk cover. A piece of beige silk edged in gold is at the upper left of the cover and has Japanese characters printed on it. The cover pages are flecked with gold. Inside the first two pages have Japanese text that has been partially translated into English in pen. The english reads “Artist Fukamiza” “Mr. J.E. Brown” “Canada Association”. Inside are paintings of people (mostly women) and landcapes, all with black and red stamps on one page in Japanese. The months of the year are written in pencil in bottom right corners - in order.
Subject
Japan
landscapes
portraits
months
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
FuU.05.01
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.03
Description
A Japanese sketchbook with ecru-coloured brocade covers, no spine, with folding pages designed accordion-style, but made in such a way pages are double-backed and are two pages wide so that it is possible to paint or sketch on both sides. It contains various sketches and paintings done in pencil, i…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930
Medium
ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
1.8 x 11.5 x 16.3 cm
Description
A Japanese sketchbook with ecru-coloured brocade covers, no spine, with folding pages designed accordion-style, but made in such a way pages are double-backed and are two pages wide so that it is possible to paint or sketch on both sides. It contains various sketches and paintings done in pencil, ink and watercolours. On the front cover, viewer’s left, there is a glued piece of off-white paper 10.4x2.0cm wide, and on the back inside cover, viewer’s left there is a chop mark (1.0x0.50cm wide) in ochre ink.
Subject
drawing
painting
Japan
Peter Whyte;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.03
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Changing Japan seen through the camera

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1933
Author
Asahigraph (periodical)
Publisher
Tokyo (Japan) : Tokyo Asahi Shimbun
Call Number
TR700 J3 A8
Author
Asahigraph (periodical)
Publisher
Tokyo (Japan) : Tokyo Asahi Shimbun
Published Date
1933
Physical Description
292p. : ill. ports.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Japan - Pictures, illustrations, etc.
Notes
French title : Image du Japon
Text in English and French
Accession Number
3069
Call Number
TR700 J3 A8
Location
Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
Collection
Art Library
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[Photographs of Japanese mountains]

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1933
Publisher
[Japan : s.n.]
Call Number
TR787 J36
Publisher
[Japan : s.n.]
Published Date
1933
Physical Description
[3]p., [59]l., 56 plates : ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountains - Japan - Photographs
Photography of mountains - Japan
Japan - Description and travel - Views
Notes
Text in Japanese
Call Number
TR787 J36
Location
Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
Collection
Art Library
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