Title : Death of the Phoenix

Artist : Utagawa Kunifuku

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.

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