﻿PHOTOGRAVURE 
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  HOME 
  OF 
  THE 
  JAPANESE 
  GREEN 
  PHEASANT 
  

  

  The 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  myriad 
  lakes 
  which 
  surround 
  Mount 
  Fuji 
  are 
  often 
  tracked 
  up 
  by 
  small 
  parties 
  of 
  

   pheasants 
  which 
  come 
  down 
  to 
  drink. 
  They 
  wander 
  only 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  up 
  the 
  slopes 
  and 
  hide 
  their 
  eggs 
  

   beneath 
  some 
  dense-foliaged 
  pine, 
  or 
  close 
  to 
  a 
  fallen 
  tree 
  or 
  boulder. 
  The 
  breeding 
  begins 
  in 
  March 
  and 
  

   extends 
  through 
  April 
  and 
  May, 
  and 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  brood 
  is 
  reared 
  in 
  a 
  season. 
  

  

  JAPANESE 
  PHEASANT 
  BY 
  HOKASAI 
  

  

  Hokasai, 
  who 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  1760 
  and 
  died 
  in 
  1849, 
  was 
  the 
  greatest 
  of 
  Japanese 
  painters. 
  He 
  lived 
  

   simply, 
  worked 
  diligently 
  and 
  painted 
  many 
  subjects, 
  bridges, 
  waterfalls, 
  Mount 
  Fuji, 
  portraits 
  and 
  objects 
  

   of 
  natural 
  history. 
  

  

  