Cockatoo and pomegranate.

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Cockatoo and pomegranate.

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Japanese Kachō-e ‘bird-and-flower pictures’ offered print lovers a charming antidote to the melodrama of kabuki-e. Early kachō-e drew on Chinese conventions and "aimed to capture the spirit of nature in connection with the seasons, poetic allusions, or religious values". Bird images often conveyed symbolic meanings – tsuru, the crane, for example, was associated with longevity. By the 20th century, the simpler pleasures of enjoying intimate views of nature had somewhat supplanted these metaph...

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Date created

1930

Creator

Ohara Koson

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1529427

Related subjects

Cockatoos / Pomegranate trees / paper / ink / colour woodcuts / works on paper / woodcut / Showa / Japan / Tokyo

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