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Ink print of a white heron standing in water beneath drooping willow branches, with Japanese calligraphy at left.

White heron beneath a willow tree

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1804

Woodblock print of a snipe bird standing on one leg among slender reeds beside a misty pool.

Snipe bird in reeds

Ohara Koson, 1900

Woodblock-style print of a small red-capped bird perched on a stem beside a white lily with green leaves.

Small bird on lily plant

Baison, 1890

Japanese print of a woman in a kimono with feather patterns, holding a checkered fan, in orange and black tones.

Beauty wearing a kimono with falcon feather patterns

Kaigetsudō Doshin, 1712

Japanese print of a dark cormorant diving into water beside two pale herons, with small fish and a misty grey sky.

Cormorant and white heron

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Woodblock print of a white heron wading beside a pink lotus bud and large green leaf on pale blue water.

White heron and lotus

Baison, 1890

Vertical Japanese print of a red-brown eagle attacking a grey monkey on rocks above a waterfall.

Eagle attacking a monkey

Kitao Shigemasa, 1772

WPA theatre poster for Wild Birds at the Musart Theatre, showing stylized flying geese in black, white and red.

"Wild birds"

Dan Totheroh, 1936

Vintage theatre poster for Musart Theatre's Wild Birds, showing silhouetted figures, flying geese and a village, with admissi

"Wild birds" Drama of youthful emotions

Dan Totheroh, 1936