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Long-tailed Bird on Blossoming Peach

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthiu.04.05
Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)
Date
prior to 1858
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
HiU.04.05
Description
A blue and white bird sitting on a branch. The bird has blue head, back and tail, a very long tail. Head has a plume, breast and underside of tail and tops are white. Long trailing brown branches have pink blossoms and blue leaves. Writing down left side and center bottom with chop. The background …
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Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)
Title
Long-tailed Bird on Blossoming Peach
Date
prior to 1858
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
34.2 x 11.5 cm
Description
A blue and white bird sitting on a branch. The bird has blue head, back and tail, a very long tail. Head has a plume, breast and underside of tail and tops are white. Long trailing brown branches have pink blossoms and blue leaves. Writing down left side and center bottom with chop. The background is pale yellow fading to white at bottom. The paper appears to be handmade, irregular and with small holes. A hole 1.0x0.5 centre area, has been repaired probably before the print was made.
Subject
animal, bird
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
HiU.04.05
Images
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Sparrow on Plum Branch

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkho.04.02
Artist
Ohara Koson (1877 – 1945, Japanese)
Date
1910
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KhO.04.02
Description
A bird, brown tail, back and head with a white face and breast is sitting on a greyish branch which has some pink blossoms at both ends and runs from top left down to bottom right. The top of the picture is yellowish fading to white.
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Artist
Ohara Koson (1877 – 1945, Japanese)
Title
Sparrow on Plum Branch
Date
1910
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
24.0 x 24.8 cm
Description
A bird, brown tail, back and head with a white face and breast is sitting on a greyish branch which has some pink blossoms at both ends and runs from top left down to bottom right. The top of the picture is yellowish fading to white.
Subject
animal, bird
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KhO.04.02
Images
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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