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Picture Album of Various Birds (Shūchō gafu) 聚鳥畫譜

Numata Kashū 沼田荷舟

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A book opened to a two-page spread. The left page has an illustration of a brown and white bird with yellow eyes standing on a branch or rock and facing right. The bird has yellow feet. The background includes wavy lines suggesting wind or water. There are Japanese characters in the top right corner and within a border around the illustration. The right edge of the left page is a light tan color and the right page is blank except for Japanese writing and a red seal along the spine edge. The background behind the book is black.

Artwork details

Date:
1885, first month
Medium:
Polychrome woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
427 × 624 px
Museum record:
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