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1   Dark Color - sasanqua camellia (Camellia sasanqua) and Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus) by Shirō Kasamatsu, woodblock, 165 x 370 mm

 

2   Dark Color - plum (Prunus mume) and  Japanese bush-warbler (Cettia diphone) by T. Kikuchi, woodblock, 265 x 400 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3   Dark Color – spider-flower (Tarenaya hassleriana) by Fumio Fujita, woodblock, 225 x 300 mm

 

4   Dark Color - florist's chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum grandiflorum) by Bakufū Ohno, woodblock, 195 x 260 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5   Dark Color – Chinese trumpet-creeper (Campsis grandiflora) and cockatoo (Cacatua sp.) by Hodō Nishimura, woodblock, 275 x 395 mm

 

6   Dark Color - little egret (Egretta garzetta) by Tekiho Imoto, woodblock, 265 x 395 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 7   Dark Color - black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) by Fumio Fujita, woodblock, 170 x 150 mm

 

 

8   Dark Color -  Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda) and domestic goose (Anser cygnoides) by Makoto Kobayashi, woodblock, 190 x 160 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 9   Dark Color - bunchflower daffodil (Narcissus tazetta) by Kieko Tsurusawa, woodblock, 150 x 125 mm

 

 

10   Dark Color - leopard plant (Farfugium japonicum) by Kōichi Maeda, woodblock, 190 x 170 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 11   Dark Color - domestic fowl (Gallus gallus) by Kaoru Kawano, woodblock, 430 x 285 mm

 

 

12   Dark Color - pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida) and rock dove (Columba livia) by Kōichi Sakamoto , intaglio, 350 x 270 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 13   Dark Color - rock dove (Columba livia) by Kunihiro Amano, woodblock, 385 x 280 mm

 

 

14   Dark Color - rock dove (Columba livia) by Makoto Ueno, woodblock, 635 x 485 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 15   Mixed Colors – unknown bird by Hideo Hagiwara, woodblock, 210 x 175 mm

 

 

16   Mixed Colors - Japanese iris (Iris ensata) by Kazutoshi Sugiura, screenprint, 480 x 730 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 17   Mixed Colors – copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii) by Eishū Tadani , woodblock, 160 x 110 mm

 

 

18   Mixed Colors - Japanese wintergreen (Pyrola japonica), chickweed wintergreen (Trientalis europaea), Kamchatka globeflower (Trollius riederianus), white hellebore (Veratrum grandiflorum), bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) and rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) by Fumio Kitaoka, woodblock, 635 x 475 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 19   Mixed Colors – rock dove (Columba livia) by Hideaki Katō, screenprint, 350 x 240 mm

 

 

20   Mixed Colors - red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) by Sōhō Ikegami , screenprint, 540 x 400 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 21   Mixed Colors – red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) by Tatsuoki Ichino, lithograph, 535 x 405 mm

 

 

22   Mixed Colors - red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) by Akio Nagasawa, lithograph, 550 x 440 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 23   Mixed Colors – bracted hydrangea (Hydrangea involucrata) by Yaozō Matsumi, woodblock, 150 x 125 mm

 

 

24   Mixed Colors - trumpet lily (Lilium longiflorum) by Taku Harada, woodblock, 250 x 200 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 25   Mixed Colors – cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) by Kōtarō Yoshioka , screenprint, 285 x 220 mm

 

 

26   Mixed Colors – unknown bird by Takeji Asano, woodblock, 240 x 210 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27   Mixed Colors – red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) by Chūsaku Ōyama , woodblock, 425 x 570 mm

 

28   Mixed Colors - sasanqua camellia (Camellia sasanqua) by Yukio Katsuda, screenprint, 310 x 390 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 29  Wood grain – camellia (Camellia japonica) by Katsuto Sugiura, woodblock, 350 x 275 mm

 

 

30   Wood grain – common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) by Atsushi Inoue, woodblock, 200 x 155 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 31  Wood grain – Chinese smilax (Smilax china) and bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus) by Masahiko Honjō, woodblock, 420 x 290 mm

 

 

32   Wood grain – duck (Anas sp.) by Susumu Yamaguchi, woodblock, 205 x 315 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33   Wood grain – Japanese iris (Iris ensata) and Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) by Eiichi Kotozuka, woodblock, 270 x 395 mm

 

34   Wood grain – unknown bird by Tamami Shima, woodblock, 425 x 585 mm

 

 

 

 

 

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