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Reader Collection > Blog > Poem-Prints by 9 Artists
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1a Scops owl (Otus sp.) by Kan Kozaki, woodblock, 235 x 320 mm; “Leaves are falling down, I am tipsy and falling apart”
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1b Scops owl (Otus sp.) by Kan Kozaki, woodblock, 235 x 320 mm; “From now on I will be alone again”
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2a Owl (Family Strigidae) by Kiyoharu Yamada, woodblock, 285 x 375 mm; “In sitting upright position the snow is falling. It falls while chanting the Buddhist sutra in faint voices.”
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2b Owl (Family Strigidae) by Kiyoharu Yamada, woodblock, 290 x 380 mm; “I don’t need a posthumous Buddhist name. You can’t tell who is who.”
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3a Owl (Family Strigidae) by Iwao Akiyama, woodblock, 360 x 460 mm; "Owl and I, we are not together but both of us cannot sleep".
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3b Owl (Family Strigidae) by Iwao Akiyama, woodblock, 330 x 500 mm
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4 Large-billed crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) by Masaaki Terada, woodblock, 480 x 395 mm; "The railroad station at my home was cold but it stirred hot blood from the bottom of my heart.”
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5a Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil) and domestic fowl (Gallus gallus) by Hiroshige Utagawa, woodblock, 175 x 370 mm; “The cock starts to crow; the time to part has come. Take me to a town where the rooster is not heard; that’s the only place for dawn!”
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5b Florist's chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum grandiflorum) and green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor) by Hiroshige Utagawa, woodblock, 170 x 380 mm; “Chrysanthemum scent – every time a drop of dew drips down from inside!”
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6a Kobus magnolia (Magnolia kobus) and Java sparrow (Padda oryzivora) by Hokusai Katsushika, woodblock, 270 x 405 mm
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6b China rose (Rosa chinensis) and black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis) by Hokusai Katsushika, woodblock, 255 x 380 mm
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7a Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) by Hokkei Totoya, woodblock, 220 x 195 mm |
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7b Rape (Brassica napus) and green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor) by Hokkei Totoya, woodblock, 185 x 205 mm |
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8a Kobus magnolia (Magnolia kobus) and scops owl (Otus sp.) by Shumman Kubo, woodblock, 190 x 210 mm |
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8b Chinese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) and green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor) by Shumman Kubo, woodblock, 185 x 215 mm |
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9a Eulalia grass (Miscanthus sinensis), lespedeza (Lespedeza sp.) and white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) by Hyakki San’emon, woodblock, 205 x 280 mm
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9b Cherry (Prunus sp.) and green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor) by Hyakki San’emon, woodblock, 205 x 285 mm
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