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    Toyohara Chikanobu

    Japan, b.1838, d.1912

    Our country’s 24 examples of filial piety (a kabuki drama scene)

    • 1882
    • Woodcut on paper
    • Gifted to the Gallery by William E Smith, 2003
    • 360 x 715mm
    • 2003/119

    Tags: Japanese (culture or style), actors (performing artists), animals, checker pattern, costume (mode of fashion), dots, dragons, fans (costume accessories), floral patterns, hair, hats, men (male humans), monkeys (animals), mythical or legendary beings, people (agents), performing artists, screens (furniture), swords, theaters (buildings), words

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    Exhibition History

    Leo Bensemann St Olaf c.1937. Oil on canvas on board. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Lawrence Baigent / Robert Erwin Bequest 2003. Reproduced with permission
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