XIR253125 An Owl and two Eastern Bullfinches, from an album \'Birds compared in Humorous Songs, Contest of Poetry of the 100 and 1000 birds\', 1791 (colour woodblock print) by Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806); Musee Claude Monet, Giverny, France; (add.info.: with a humorous ditty supposed to be sung by the birds themselves, from a two volume album, \'Birds compared in Humorous Songs\' (\'Momo Chidori Kyoka Awase\'); private collection of Claude Monet;); Japanese, out of copyright.