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Commemorative Portfolio

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Date
prior to 1935
Material
silk; paper; ivory; cardboard; wood; ink
Catalogue Number
105.06.0098
Description
An album containing reproductions of 40 mural paintings dedicated to the Japanese Emperor Meiji Tenno. The full page colour murals depict important events in his lifetime. The album is made of silk brocade reinforced with paper and help in a wooden and cardboard box made to look like a larger album…
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Title
Commemorative Portfolio
Date
prior to 1935
Material
silk; paper; ivory; cardboard; wood; ink
Dimensions
45.5 x 36.5 cm
Description
An album containing reproductions of 40 mural paintings dedicated to the Japanese Emperor Meiji Tenno. The full page colour murals depict important events in his lifetime. The album is made of silk brocade reinforced with paper and help in a wooden and cardboard box made to look like a larger album. The box is covered in gold brocade silk and has Japanese characters on the front. The box is held closed by two ivory clasps on one side.
Subject
Japan
Emperor Meiji Tenno
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.06.0098
Images
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934 – 1934
Medium
graphite; watercolour; on paper;
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.26
Description
Fabric-wrapped cardboard cover Japanese sketchbook with high-quality paper pages. All pages stacked folded over each other like an accordion. Contents include figure studies and caricatures/stylized portraits of Japanese men and women, often holding umbrella - almost all of the images of women have…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1934 – 1934
Medium
graphite; watercolour; on paper;
Dimensions
24.2 x 18.22 cm
Description
Fabric-wrapped cardboard cover Japanese sketchbook with high-quality paper pages. All pages stacked folded over each other like an accordion. Contents include figure studies and caricatures/stylized portraits of Japanese men and women, often holding umbrella - almost all of the images of women have been coloured in with watercolour paint.
Subject
sketching
drawing
portrait
figure study
Japan
painting
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.26
Images
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Date
1922 – 1938
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
109.03.0009 a-e
Description
Japanese 50-Sen coins. Obverse: Cherry blossoms and Japanese characters. Reverse: Pair of phoenix, chrysanthemum, Japanese characters.
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Title
Coin Money
Date
1922 – 1938
Material
metal
Dimensions
2.3 x 2.3 cm
Description
Japanese 50-Sen coins. Obverse: Cherry blossoms and Japanese characters. Reverse: Pair of phoenix, chrysanthemum, Japanese characters.
Subject
Whyte home
money
Japan
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.03.0009 a-e
Images
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