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150 ans de peinture au Japon : de Gyokudo a Tessai, XVIIIe - XIXe siecles
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1962
- Publisher
- Paris : Petit Palais
- Call Number
- ND1052 P4
- Publisher
- Paris : Petit Palais
- Published Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 233p. : ill.
- Subjects
- Painting, Japanese
- Notes
- L'exposition est placee sour le patronage du gouvernement francais et du gouvernement japonais. Organisee au Musee du Petit Palais par le "yomiuri Shimbun" et la Direction des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris
- Call Number
- ND1052 P4
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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And Scabbard Dagger
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- Date
- 1850 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0056 a,b
- Description
- A long straight knife with fluted wooden handle and scabbard ornately trimmed with brass. (a) dagger, short, narrow, pointed, double edged steel blade with small, dark, fluted wooden handle. Blade guard, cast of brass with raised curlicue design, turns upward at sides, handle tip of cast brass wit…
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- Title
- And Scabbard Dagger
- Date
- 1850 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 1.7 x 3.3 x 24.5 cm
- Description
- A long straight knife with fluted wooden handle and scabbard ornately trimmed with brass. (a) dagger, short, narrow, pointed, double edged steel blade with small, dark, fluted wooden handle. Blade guard, cast of brass with raised curlicue design, turns upward at sides, handle tip of cast brass with similar design and small lug with hole through at one side Note: blade guard loose; wooden handle cracked along length; blade pitted. (b) scabbard, narrow and straight, made of two pieces of wood held together by two rings of heavy cast brass with raised floral motifs, becoming oval medallions on one side with cast relief of dragon like figures. Cast brass bands at mouth and tip repeat dragon floral motif of other two bands and have floral motif cut through exposing pebbly stone inlay in wood. Brass ring near top with small brass loop on one side.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0056 a,b
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And Scabbard Knife
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- Date
- 1850 – 1935
- Material
- metal; shell; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0060 a,b
- Description
- Knife with carved pistol grip handle and flame like carved piece at mouth of wooden scabbard. (a) knife, thin, curved, pointed steel blade with handle carved of greenish tortoiseshell ? shaped like a simple pistol grip. Deep single groove incised at each side at top near hilt. Blade joined to hand…
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- Title
- And Scabbard Knife
- Date
- 1850 – 1935
- Material
- metal; shell; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.6 x 2.6 x 33.8 cm
- Description
- Knife with carved pistol grip handle and flame like carved piece at mouth of wooden scabbard. (a) knife, thin, curved, pointed steel blade with handle carved of greenish tortoiseshell ? shaped like a simple pistol grip. Deep single groove incised at each side at top near hilt. Blade joined to handle with roughly formed collar of grey metal. Note: hairline cracks in handle along grain, blade pitted and rusted. (b) scabbard, simple, slightly curved, wood with hoof like ebony tip. Band of tortoiseshell ? at opening carved in shape of flame or flowing leaf sticking out to one side. Round hole drilled through top, five thin lines incised across wood spaced evenly along length of scabbard. Small patches of glossy black material in a few places, and a black colour in the grain of the wood indicate that the wood may have been once enamelled black
- Subject
- warfare
- fighting
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0060 a,b
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The arts of Japan, an illustrated history
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20421
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1962, c1957
- Author
- Munsterberg, Hugo
- Publisher
- Rutland (Vermont) : Charles E. Tuttle
- Call Number
- N7350 M8
- Author
- Munsterberg, Hugo
- Responsibility
- Hugo Munsterberg
- Publisher
- Rutland (Vermont) : Charles E. Tuttle
- Published Date
- 1962, c1957
- Physical Description
- xviii, 201p. : ill.
- Subjects
- Art, Japanese
- Notes
- Bibliography p.187-190
- Includes index
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Call Number
- N7350 M8
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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- Date
- 1850 – 1940
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0705 a,b
- Description
- Pair chopsticks with four sided handles, narrowing to dowel like handling tips. Ideogram on each handle, as well as floral decoration which joins when two sticks set beside each other.
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- Title
- Chopsticks
- Date
- 1850 – 1940
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 0.5 x 19.3 cm
- Description
- Pair chopsticks with four sided handles, narrowing to dowel like handling tips. Ideogram on each handle, as well as floral decoration which joins when two sticks set beside each other.
- Subject
- households
- kitchen
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0705 a,b
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Fenollosa and his circle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25564
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1962
- Author
- Brooks, Van Wyck
- Publisher
- New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Call Number
- 05 B79f
- Author
- Brooks, Van Wyck
- Publisher
- New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Published Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 321 pages
- Abstract
- A parade of fascinating personalities -- intellectuals, artists, travelers and explorers -- moves through this rich and colorful book of biographical essays by the author of Makers and Finders. --From dust cover
- Contents
- Fenollosa and His Circle ; Fanny Wright ; John Lloyd Stephens ; George Catlin ; Charles Wilkes ; Charles Godfrey Leland ; Anecdotes of Maurice Prendergast ; Randolph Bourne
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 05 B79f
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Ghost towns of British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5931
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1963
- Author
- Ramsay, Bruce
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Mitchell Press
- Call Number
- 08.2 B77ra
- Author
- Ramsay, Bruce
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Mitchell Press
- Published Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 226p. : ill., maps., facsim
- Accession Number
- 492
- Call Number
- 08.2 B77ra
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Japanese homes and their surroundings
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1961, 1886
- Author
- Morse, Edward S
- Publisher
- New York : Dover Publications
- Call Number
- NK2084 M6
- Author
- Morse, Edward S
- Responsibility
- With a new introduction by Clay Lancaster
- Publisher
- New York : Dover Publications
- Published Date
- 1961, 1886
- Physical Description
- xxxv, 372p. : illus.
- Accession Number
- 724
- Call Number
- NK2084 M6
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
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- Art Library
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Japanese ink-painting ; lessons in Suiboku technique
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20895
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1968, c1959
- Author
- Saito, Ryukyu
- Publisher
- Rutland (Vermont) ; Tokyo : Chalres E. Tuttle
- Call Number
- ND2462 S2
- Author
- Saito, Ryukyu
- Responsibility
- Ryukyu Saito
- Publisher
- Rutland (Vermont) ; Tokyo : Chalres E. Tuttle
- Published Date
- 1968, c1959
- Physical Description
- 96p. : ill.
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Call Number
- ND2462 S2
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
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- Art Library
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Medicine Cabinet
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0126
- Date
- 1850 – 1880
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0126
- Description
- Japanese chest of dark, varnished wood with many drawers of various sizes, each carved with Japanese symbols painted red. Drawers have small brass ring pulls with small round backing plates. Drawers fit into box-like cubby holes. Fourteen drawers in all. Two sliding lid panels on top, cover compar…
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- Title
- Medicine Cabinet
- Date
- 1850 – 1880
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 24.0 x 56.0 cm
- Description
- Japanese chest of dark, varnished wood with many drawers of various sizes, each carved with Japanese symbols painted red. Drawers have small brass ring pulls with small round backing plates. Drawers fit into box-like cubby holes. Fourteen drawers in all. Two sliding lid panels on top, cover compartments beneath. Contents of drawers and compartments see Source Document.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0126
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