Japanese Print "Death of the Phoenix" by Utagawa Kunifuku
Artist:Utagawa Kunifuku
Title:Death of the Phoenix
Date:c.1860's
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Source:Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
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Description:
A large bird (phoenix) struggles with a black cat(?). Two figures watch from the background as does a figure high in the branches of an enormous tree. The figure of an old man is shown in a white cloud of mist issuing from the cat's mouth.