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Japanese Woman and Child

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Artist
Watanabe Bunzo (1853 – 1942, Japanese)
Date
1882
Medium
ink and colour on paper
Catalogue Number
BuW.05.01
Description
Frontispiece Japan Day by Day Volume I by Edward S. Morse. A farmyard scene. A woman wearing a grey kimono, blue sash, carries a baby on her back, he is dressed in blue and red and has a small kite in his left hand. She is looking down at a rooster who with a hen behind him are looking at three egg…
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Artist
Watanabe Bunzo (1853 – 1942, Japanese)
Title
Japanese Woman and Child
Date
1882
Medium
ink and colour on paper
Dimensions
36.1 x 25.2 cm
Description
Frontispiece Japan Day by Day Volume I by Edward S. Morse. A farmyard scene. A woman wearing a grey kimono, blue sash, carries a baby on her back, he is dressed in blue and red and has a small kite in his left hand. She is looking down at a rooster who with a hen behind him are looking at three eggs on the ground. Five figures in background, houses to right centre, a snow-capped mountain is in background, sky is blue with yellowish clouds. Written on back: Mrs. Russell Robb Concord, Mass.
Subject
farmyard
Mount Fujijama
buildings
people
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
BuW.05.01
Images
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