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Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)

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Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) — 金雉鳥
by Nishimura Hodo

Original caretaker of this artwork: eBay

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Artist: Nishimura Hodo — 蒲堂
Title: Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) — 金雉鳥
Series: Bird and Flower series — 花鳥
Date of first edition?: 1937/8
Publisher (first edition)?: Takemura Hideo — 竹村
Publisher (this edition)?: Takemura Hideo — 竹村
Medium (first edition): Woodblock
Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (first edition): Oban
Format (this edition): Oban
DB artwork code: 46214
Notes (first edition)?: 
Very rare.
Notes (this edition)?: 
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

his auction is for one original Japanese Woodblock print of a bird: a Golden Pheasant (kinkei-chou) standing on Bamboo and Begonia by Nishimura Hodo for Takemura Hideo / mid to late 1930s. It measures 11 by 15.5 inches - it has some light wear but is overall bright and clean. Another version of this print exists with black background.
Series Information: 
See http://www.rakusan.net/htgallery.html
Artist Bio: 
Nishimura Hodo is most likely the watercolour artist Saito Hodo. See my discussion of Saito Hodo here.

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