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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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Kabuki Theatre Poster

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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.08
Description
Small Kabuki Theatre Poster. A Man stands with legs far apart leaning back far to the right with his body and face facing left. He holds an umbrella that is cropped off by the edge of the print. He stands on a green ground. The backgroung is dark and features an almost black sky, a darkbrown hi…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Kabuki Theatre Poster
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
24.5 x 18.5 cm
Description
Small Kabuki Theatre Poster. A Man stands with legs far apart leaning back far to the right with his body and face facing left. He holds an umbrella that is cropped off by the edge of the print. He stands on a green ground. The backgroung is dark and features an almost black sky, a darkbrown hill, a small blue mountain, and a river. There are 2 text panels down the left side. Translator of print commented : Drawn by: Ichi bai tei(?), sai(?) ho. In images of the floating world Ichibaishi is also known as Yoshimine.
Subject
figure
Japanese
Kabuki
landscape
Japan
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.08
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1890
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.15
Description
A group of six women dressed in kimonos are surrounded by large leafy taro plants. They are and are reacting to a woman falling on the right side of the image. The background left and right is decorated with silhouettes of trees. There are signatures or markings at the bottom right and the upper le…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Ki ippogan
Date
1890
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
35.5 x 70 cm
Description
A group of six women dressed in kimonos are surrounded by large leafy taro plants. They are and are reacting to a woman falling on the right side of the image. The background left and right is decorated with silhouettes of trees. There are signatures or markings at the bottom right and the upper left.
Subject
women
Japanese
vegetation
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.15
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Artist
Utagawa Kunisada (1786 – 1865, Japanese)
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KuU.04.01
Description
A man with white hair faces to the left, raising a sword above his head. The background is decorated with a red herringbone pattern. He wears a floral kimono in shades of blue and red.This work has an Aratame Seal at the bottom left, the publisher’s mark for Joshuya Shigezo at the bottom left and t…
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Artist
Utagawa Kunisada (1786 – 1865, Japanese)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37.25 x 25 cm
Description
A man with white hair faces to the left, raising a sword above his head. The background is decorated with a red herringbone pattern. He wears a floral kimono in shades of blue and red.This work has an Aratame Seal at the bottom left, the publisher’s mark for Joshuya Shigezo at the bottom left and the signature for Toyokuni III (ca. 1857) at the bottom right.
Subject
man
Japanese
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KuU.04.01
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour; ink; graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.312
Description
A paper with watercolour, ink and pencil drawings on both sides. Side 1: There are three drawings, one larger on, which occupies the left half of the page and two small drawings, vertically arranged in the right half of the page. The larger drawing on the left is of a caricature of a Japanese perso…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour; ink; graphite on paper
Dimensions
23.0 x 29.0 cm
Description
A paper with watercolour, ink and pencil drawings on both sides. Side 1: There are three drawings, one larger on, which occupies the left half of the page and two small drawings, vertically arranged in the right half of the page. The larger drawing on the left is of a caricature of a Japanese person. His eyes are severely slanted and head and facial hair is spiked. His body faces the viewer’s left, but his head is turned to look squarely at the viewer. His clothing is a long-sleeved smock and long skirt that show barely any skin. On the right side of the page, the top drawing is a First Nations village where three figures stand in foreground. The middle figure wears a Hudson’s Bay blanket coat. To the right of these figures, and in the background are three teepees and simplified figures. The lower drawing on the right side is of a seated First Nations woman in a red and brown shawl and yellow hood. He profile is visible. She carried a small child on her back and shoulders with a sling. Large black ink marks separate the left and right rides of this page.Verso: Drawing is oriented upside-down. Ink and pencil drawings of three seated figures in large kimonos. the central figure plays a stringed instrument. He, and the figure to his left are frontal, but the figure to his right is seated in profile. In the middle of these figures sits a box and a barrel with two sticks in it. Their dark hair, clothing, and facial features indicate that they are Japanese.
Subject
Japanese
Indigenous
culture
music
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.312
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.876
Description
Boxed off is a drawing of a person in a Kimono. They are standing with their arms out slightly, and their back to the viewer. Their hair is tied back at the end and resting down their back.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
35.4 x 25.3 cm
Description
Boxed off is a drawing of a person in a Kimono. They are standing with their arms out slightly, and their back to the viewer. Their hair is tied back at the end and resting down their back.
Subject
Kimono
Japanese
person
cherry blossom
floral
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.876
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Yoshimachi Menten, Civilization-36 Banquets

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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Date
1878
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.04
Description
Print is divided in half diagonally by a brown staircase on the left side that one Geisha is climbing. Another Geigha is standing on the floor, holding a sash of red fabric in her mouth. She is wearing a checkered Kimono. A servant is bending to her left picking out a piece of green fabric. A g…
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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Title
Yoshimachi Menten, Civilization-36 Banquets
Date
1878
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37.5 x 25.0 cm
Description
Print is divided in half diagonally by a brown staircase on the left side that one Geisha is climbing. Another Geigha is standing on the floor, holding a sash of red fabric in her mouth. She is wearing a checkered Kimono. A servant is bending to her left picking out a piece of green fabric. A garden with a tree is in the background. The floor is green, and panelled wood.
Subject
Figures
Japanese
geisha
servants
activity
changing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.04
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Yueilo at Shinbashi, Hutaba-Cho, Civilization 36 Banquets

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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Date
1877
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.05
Description
This print is set in the inside of a restaurant. The walls are mostly blue, and on the right side of the print is a woman kneeling in a raised doorway. Beneath her is a small covered a table with her shoes on it. The left side of the print shows a woman walking towards the inside of a room, with…
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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Title
Yueilo at Shinbashi, Hutaba-Cho, Civilization 36 Banquets
Date
1877
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
36.7 x 25.0 cm
Description
This print is set in the inside of a restaurant. The walls are mostly blue, and on the right side of the print is a woman kneeling in a raised doorway. Beneath her is a small covered a table with her shoes on it. The left side of the print shows a woman walking towards the inside of a room, with her head turned back towards the woman previously described. Two more people, one woman and a foreign man, are in the back portion of the picture. A lamp is cut off by the border on the left side.
Subject
Figures
Japanese
Women
Geisha
Restaurant
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.05
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