Bird Tori (title on object) Flowers, birds, wind and moon (series title) Kachôfûgetsu (series title on object), A man is playing a mouth organ while a phoenix is flying over. Shôshi, a famous flute player from the Chinese Chin dynasty (255-209 BC), could have played so beautifully that phoenixes flew from heaven to listen to him. With two poems, fabulous animals, birds: phoenix, Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1822, paper, colour woodcut, h 204 mm × w 181 mm
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Bird Tori, title, object, Flowers, birds, wind, moon, series title, Kachôfûgetsu, man, playing, mouth organ, phoenix, flying, Shôshi, famous flute player, Chinese Chin dynasty, 255-209 BC, played, beautifully, phoenixes flew, heaven, listen, two poems, fabulous animals, Totoya Hokkei, mentioned, Japan, c, 1822, paper, colour woodcut
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