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A Compendium of Small Birds (Kotori rui shū) 小鳥類集

Nantō

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A book with two pages open, showing illustrations of birds. The pages are tan with some darker tan and brown spots. There are three birds on the pages. The bird on the left page at the top is brown with a short beak and tail. The bird on the left page at the bottom is pink with a black and white neck and wings and a short beak and tail. The bird on the right page is white with a black tail and wings and a light orange head. Each bird sits on a branch, with the left page having two bamboo-like branches crossing and the right page having a branch with leaves. There are several lines of black Japanese text on each page. The pages have a white background behind them.

Artwork Details

Date
1836
Medium
Polychrome woodblock printed book
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 441 px
Public Domain
Yes
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