A golden pheasant-like cock surveys the world with regal composure in this exquisite reproduction of an early 19th-century Japanese ink wash and watercolour drawing — the delicate brushwork capturing every layered feather of the bird's warm amber ruff, its extravagant tail sweeping in bold black calligraphic arcs beside a spray of stylised chrysanthemums. Issued by the Victoria and Albert Museum from their collection (accession D.1431–1903), this museum art postcard was printed in England by the prestigious Waterlow & Sons Limited of London, whose fine-printing pedigree lends the card exceptional colour fidelity. Cards of this type were sold in the V&A's own shop and circulated among art lovers and collectors worldwide; this example is unused and in pristine condition, making it a small, affordable window into Edwardian-era museum publishing and Japanese decorative arts appreciation in Britain.