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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1896
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.02 a-e
Description
(a)three kneeling ladies in flowing kimonos (b) 37.1x25.3/36.1x23.9 three kneeling ladies in flowing kimonos,two small tables with tall decorated objects are placed in front of the ladies in the lower portion of the image (c)37.0x25.1/36.0x24.0 woman in silver/white kimono with pink/orange lining …
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Untitled [Gathering]
Date
1896
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37.0 x 25.3 cm
Description
(a)three kneeling ladies in flowing kimonos (b) 37.1x25.3/36.1x23.9 three kneeling ladies in flowing kimonos,two small tables with tall decorated objects are placed in front of the ladies in the lower portion of the image (c)37.0x25.1/36.0x24.0 woman in silver/white kimono with pink/orange lining kneeling in front of several small tables set with foodstuffs (d) 36.0x25.2/35.7x24.1 two ladies, one kneeling, the other standing holding a small table with ceremonial sake cups, behind them are tables set with food items for feast (e) 36.8x25.1/36.3x24.5 a male in blue robes sits behind the feast tables with a lady kneeling in the foreground. The panel of thewoman is sliver is the focal point, with the gaze of the ladies and the man in the other panels directed towards her.
Subject
figure;group;female;male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.02 a-e
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Fire at the Castle, Life from the Inner Most Court of Chiyoda Castle

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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1896
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.04 a-c
Description
(a) lady dressed in a black kimono carries a paper lantern and long sword, there is a tall column of smoke behind her, above the roof tops, and shadowy figures (b) 37.4 x 25.7/36.0 x 24.1 two ladies, one mounted on a white horse, the other holding the horse and a long sword in her other hand, both …
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Fire at the Castle, Life from the Inner Most Court of Chiyoda Castle
Date
1896
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37 x 25 cm
Description
(a) lady dressed in a black kimono carries a paper lantern and long sword, there is a tall column of smoke behind her, above the roof tops, and shadowy figures (b) 37.4 x 25.7/36.0 x 24.1 two ladies, one mounted on a white horse, the other holding the horse and a long sword in her other hand, both are dressed in black kimonos and wearing tall conical black hats (c) 37.7 x 25.7/35.9 x 24.5 three ladies dressed in black kimonos with tall black hats are all holding long swords, and one has a paper lantern. Horses were brought to Japan from North China and Mongolia.
Subject
figure
group
female
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.04 a-c
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Noble Ladies in Tokugawa Era

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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1895
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.06 a-c
Description
This triptych features three women: one per panel. In the first panel is a woman standing holding a rope which is cut of by the edge of paper. Her head is facing right and down looking into the second panel where the rope she is holding is attached to a cart. This cart contains a very large bask…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Noble Ladies in Tokugawa Era
Date
1895
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
36.0 x 71.25 cm
Description
This triptych features three women: one per panel. In the first panel is a woman standing holding a rope which is cut of by the edge of paper. Her head is facing right and down looking into the second panel where the rope she is holding is attached to a cart. This cart contains a very large basket of flowers, and a women is crouching down by the cart holding a beautiful red scarf. The carts wheel goes into the third panel where a woman holding a small child stands. This woman’s body is facing towards the right, but her head turned down and to the left to view the cart. There is no background in any of the scenes, except for a blossoming tree behind the cart.
Subject
group
figures
female
activity
summer
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.06 a-c
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Evening Mt. Fuji During the Upward Wind

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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1895
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.08 a-c
Description
This triptych features four women spread across three panels with Mt. Fuji softly in the background. A stretch of bushes separated the women from the background and is mostly grey. The lone Mt. Fuji is the only background with paper tone behind it. In the first panel Mt. Fuji starts and two wome…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Evening Mt. Fuji During the Upward Wind
Date
1895
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37 x 72 cm
Description
This triptych features four women spread across three panels with Mt. Fuji softly in the background. A stretch of bushes separated the women from the background and is mostly grey. The lone Mt. Fuji is the only background with paper tone behind it. In the first panel Mt. Fuji starts and two women stand with their bodies facing eachother. The smaller woman is pointing at Mt. Fuji. In the second panel a woman stands in the rc, her body facing right and her head turned back to the left. She has her back to the mountain which is mostly featured in the second panel. In the third panel a woman sits on a bench facing left with her hand by her chest. A lamp is to the left of her bench. The ground the woman are on is mostly paper tone with a light wash.
Subject
figures
woman
landscape
mountain
Mt. Fuji
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.08 a-c
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1895
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.11 a-c
Description
This scene features a ceremony. The background and floor have no colour. The first panel has a screen depicting a tree in the tlc which reaches half way into the print. Three women sit on the right side of the screen, one moving into the second panel. A woman kneeling holding a bowl takes up th…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Untitled [Ceremony]
Date
1895
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
35.5 x 72.5 cm
Description
This scene features a ceremony. The background and floor have no colour. The first panel has a screen depicting a tree in the tlc which reaches half way into the print. Three women sit on the right side of the screen, one moving into the second panel. A woman kneeling holding a bowl takes up the second panel and a portion of the first. She kneels before a woman sitting in the third panel on a raised surface. Beside her sits, below the raised surface, another woman facing left. A screen is visible in the trc.
Subject
Activity
Gathering
Figures
Women
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.11 a-c
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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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Viewing of Chrysanthemums at the Temporary Imperial Palace

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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1888
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.07 a-c
Description
This triptych is a summer scene made up of mostly greens and reds. The three panels all feature groups of women. There is a lake in the background. The first panel contains a group of three women,2 standing and one crouching, in the foreground. In the background are 3 more women immersed in the…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Viewing of Chrysanthemums at the Temporary Imperial Palace
Date
1888
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37 x 74 cm
Description
This triptych is a summer scene made up of mostly greens and reds. The three panels all feature groups of women. There is a lake in the background. The first panel contains a group of three women,2 standing and one crouching, in the foreground. In the background are 3 more women immersed in the flowers. In the trc os a building on an overhang. The second panel features 4 women clustered in front of large flowers. The third panel also contains 4 women. In the tlc is a gazebo of sorts with flowers all around.
Subject
group
women
activity
summer
flower viewing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.07 a-c
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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
Shibata Zeshin (1807 – 1891, Japanese)
Date
1887
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ShE.04.01
Description
Three black ravens flying to the left at top of picture, the top of the background is reddish and tapers to white at bottom of picture. The birds are not completely in picture - the first raven show only the end of the tail, the second has the top of the head and back out of the picture and the thi…
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Artist
Shibata Zeshin (1807 – 1891, Japanese)
Title
Crows in Flight
Date
1887
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
36.3 x 30.3 cm
Description
Three black ravens flying to the left at top of picture, the top of the background is reddish and tapers to white at bottom of picture. The birds are not completely in picture - the first raven show only the end of the tail, the second has the top of the head and back out of the picture and the third has the tip of the top wing and tip of the tail feathers out of the picture.
Subject
animal
bird
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ShE.04.01
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Night Rain at Yanagihara

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Artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)
Date
1882
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KiY.04.03
Description
dark, rainy street scene with people carrying umbrellas and lanterns, with rickshaw and dog in the foreground
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Artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)
Title
Night Rain at Yanagihara
Date
1882
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
24.5 x 36.6 cm
Description
dark, rainy street scene with people carrying umbrellas and lanterns, with rickshaw and dog in the foreground
Subject
people
dog
night
rain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KiY.04.03
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Ike-No-Hata Fireworks

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Artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)
Date
1881
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KiY.04.05
Description
two boys climb a tree and a crowd of people are watching fireworks across a body of water, red lanterns are strung between the trees
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Artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)
Title
Ike-No-Hata Fireworks
Date
1881
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
24.7 x 36.6 cm
Description
two boys climb a tree and a crowd of people are watching fireworks across a body of water, red lanterns are strung between the trees
Subject
landscape
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KiY.04.05
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Noon Time at Ike-No-Hata

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Artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)
Date
1880
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KiY.04.04
Description
winter scene with very grey sky, a man and a woman are crossing a snow-covered bridge carrying umbrellas,several snow-covered buildings in the distance
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Artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)
Title
Noon Time at Ike-No-Hata
Date
1880
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
24.4 x 36.5 cm
Description
winter scene with very grey sky, a man and a woman are crossing a snow-covered bridge carrying umbrellas,several snow-covered buildings in the distance
Subject
landscape
figure ;group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KiY.04.04
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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Date
1879 – 1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.02 a-c
Description
This triptych is a Kabuki Theater Poster. The first panel features two actors dressed as women. Both are holding fans and standing in front of a red background. The actor on the left is taunting the actor in the second panel who has blue hair and is wearing a white Kimono while holding a string of…
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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Title
Kabuki Theatre Poster
Date
1879 – 1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
36.0 x 73.5 cm
Description
This triptych is a Kabuki Theater Poster. The first panel features two actors dressed as women. Both are holding fans and standing in front of a red background. The actor on the left is taunting the actor in the second panel who has blue hair and is wearing a white Kimono while holding a string of beads. The background in the second panel is a deep blue with a magnolia tree and flowers and a parrot in the trc. The third panel features a third actor in a green kimono. He is facing the actor in the second panel and appears to be angry. He is holding a rope with both hands and has 2 swords in his belt. He is standing in front of a red background and a portion of the background from the second panel.
Subject
figures
male
Kabuki
activity
acting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.02 a-c
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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Date
1879 – 1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.03 a-c
Description
This Kabuki Theater Poster features 3 actors: Two playing women, and one a man. The man is in the second panel holding an elaborate sword that exits the print at the bottom of the page. He is coyly looking into the third panel where his gaze finds a coyly looking woman: Her body faces right (away…
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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Title
Kabuki Theatre Poster
Date
1879 – 1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
35.5 x 72.0 cm
Description
This Kabuki Theater Poster features 3 actors: Two playing women, and one a man. The man is in the second panel holding an elaborate sword that exits the print at the bottom of the page. He is coyly looking into the third panel where his gaze finds a coyly looking woman: Her body faces right (away from the man) but her head subtly turns to the left. A third actor is in the first panel. This woman looks into the second panel at the man she is dressed much more simply than the other two. The background is a dark solid blue, and the entire print is framed by a black and gold border.
Subject
Activity
Acting
Kabuki Theater
Figures
Women
Man
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.03 a-c
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Flower Viewing on the Boat

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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.14 a-c
Description
This triptych features 16 women viewing flowers and fish from 2 boats and a dock. The first panel has 5 women all looking down towards the water. They are standing on a dock. In the tlc a tree is in blossom these blossoms stretch all the way into the third panel. A long boat intersects the 1st…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Flower Viewing on the Boat
Date
1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37 x 75 cm
Description
This triptych features 16 women viewing flowers and fish from 2 boats and a dock. The first panel has 5 women all looking down towards the water. They are standing on a dock. In the tlc a tree is in blossom these blossoms stretch all the way into the third panel. A long boat intersects the 1st, second and third panels. in this long decorative boat are 7 woman. One woman in the second panel is standing to row. The rest are seated and mostly looking into the water. A third boat floats under a bridge in the third panel. A woman stands at the head of the boat rowing. In the brc of the third panel are many flowers from which the second boat emerges. A group of Red Carp is visible in bottom of the centre panel.
Subject
gathering
women
activity
boating
flower viewing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.14 a-c
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Snow Scene in Oume, Hunabiki-Doli

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Artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)
Date
1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KiY.04.02
Description
two ladies standing near a bridge, wearing stilted clogs and carrying closed umbrellas, three other people appear in the distance, the sky and water are very grey, trees and buildings are lightly covered with snow
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Artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)
Title
Snow Scene in Oume, Hunabiki-Doli
Date
1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
24.9 x 36.7 cm
Description
two ladies standing near a bridge, wearing stilted clogs and carrying closed umbrellas, three other people appear in the distance, the sky and water are very grey, trees and buildings are lightly covered with snow
Subject
landscape
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KiY.04.02
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Artist
Odo Kokusei
Date
1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KkO.04.01 a-c
Description
(a) group of ladies frolicking in the snow, building large snowballs, and throwing snow at each other (b) 36.8 x 25.4/36.0 x 24.6 in the foreground a lady in an elaborate kimono sits by the entrance of a building watching the activity outside, the background is dominated by a large snow Buddha-like…
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Artist
Odo Kokusei
Title
Snow in the Dawn
Date
1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
36.8 x 25.3 cm
Description
(a) group of ladies frolicking in the snow, building large snowballs, and throwing snow at each other (b) 36.8 x 25.4/36.0 x 24.6 in the foreground a lady in an elaborate kimono sits by the entrance of a building watching the activity outside, the background is dominated by a large snow Buddha-like structure (c) 36.8 x 25.5/36.2 x 25.2 a gentleman seated on a cushion glances at the activity outside, while a lady behind him carries a tray with a snow sculpture
Subject
figure
group
activity
female
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KkO.04.01 a-c
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Untitled [Poster of Geisha]

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Artist
Unknown
Date
1878 – 1878
Medium
print on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.07 a-c
Description
This triptych features 7 women in a room with a brightly coloured floral rug (red,white and green) a large window spreads through all three panels, through which can be seen land with buildings and water. It is snowing out side. Most of the women have musical instruments. Next to each woman is a…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled [Poster of Geisha]
Date
1878 – 1878
Medium
print on paper
Description
This triptych features 7 women in a room with a brightly coloured floral rug (red,white and green) a large window spreads through all three panels, through which can be seen land with buildings and water. It is snowing out side. Most of the women have musical instruments. Next to each woman is a descriptor of their role in Japanese. In the first panel are two women standing facing to their own right. The centre panel features three women sitting; two facing left, one right. 2 of these women have musical instruments. The third panel features two women sitting facing left. A green panel is behind them with a scroll on the far wall.
Subject
gathering
figures
women;Geisha
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.07 a-c
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Viewing of Cherry Blossoms at Ueno Pleasure Park

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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1878
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.10 a-c
Description
This triptych takes place inside of a large pagoda with floral carpeting. The walls are open, revealing the landscape around: A hill with stairs overlooking the water in the first panel, a lake with Mt. Fuji in the backgound in the second panel, and lake and trees in the third panel. A purple dra…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Viewing of Cherry Blossoms at Ueno Pleasure Park
Date
1878
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
36.0 x 73.5 cm
Description
This triptych takes place inside of a large pagoda with floral carpeting. The walls are open, revealing the landscape around: A hill with stairs overlooking the water in the first panel, a lake with Mt. Fuji in the backgound in the second panel, and lake and trees in the third panel. A purple drapery extends along the top of the triptych, and flowers flow from this. In the first panel four women are gathered in a group on the carpet; in the second panel four women are also gathered: all quite animated. In the third panel a group of men sit in uniform on a raised section of the pagoda while four women sit and stand in the foreground.
Subject
activity
viewing cherry blossoms
gathering
figures
women
men
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.10 a-c
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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
Images
Less detail
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