{"id":884,"date":"2025-03-08T21:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T12:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galleries.art-of-japan.com\/?p=884"},"modified":"2025-03-08T21:43:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T12:43:03","slug":"884","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galleries.art-of-japan.com\/?p=884","title":{"rendered":"Blakiston&#8217;s Fish Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1810\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.art-of-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/\u767d\u9ebb\u7d19\u30fb\u751fShiro-mashi-paper-Blakistons-Fish-Owl-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Blakiston's Fish Owl\n( Raw Shiro-mashi paper )\nPainted with Toukaen Paulownia Oil ink for the owl and Suibokugayou Aozumi ink for the water with white for snow and yellow.\nArlo Mercia\" class=\"wp-image-886\" 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\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Blakiston&#8217;s Fish Owl<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.art-of-japan.com\/?p=547\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"547\">Arlo Mercia<\/a><br>Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Note from the artist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Painted with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/the-worlds-oldest-inkstick.jp\/products\/toukaen-yuenboku-inkstick-red-purplish-black-with-rare-paulownia-oil?_pos=1&amp;_psq=Toukaen&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\">Toukaen Paulownia Oil ink\u00a0<\/a>for the owl and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/the-worlds-oldest-inkstick.jp\/products\/suibokugayou-aozumi?_pos=1&amp;_psq=Suibokugayou&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\">Suibokugayou Aozumi ink\u00a0<\/a>for the water with white for snow and yellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/the-worlds-oldest-inkstick.jp\/products\/shiro-mashi-washi-paper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0Raw Shiro-mashi paper\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-postLink\">\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard -internal\" data-type=\"type1\" data-onclick=\"clickLink\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"p-blogCard__caption\">Artist<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__thumb c-postThumb\"><figure class=\"c-postThumb__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.art-of-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Australian-Kookaburra-by-Arlo-Mercia-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-postThumb__img u-obf-cover\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\"><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-blogCard__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"p-blogCard__title\" href=\"https:\/\/galleries.art-of-japan.com\/?p=547\">Arlo Mercia<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"p-blogParts post_content\" data-partsID=\"624\">\n<div 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