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Artist:Kitano Tsunetomi 北野恒富 (1880-1947)
Description: Tsuenetomi's most famous design. The heron maiden (Sagi musume 鷺娘). Date: c. 1925 Publisher: Nezu Seitarō Block-cutter: Yamana Yoshiteru Printer: Matsuno Kassui Based on a folktale. A young man finds a wounded heron and nurses it. Afterwards he sets it free. He falls in love with a beautiful girl and they marry. They make a living by selling the beautiful cloth the woman weaves, but she always warns her husband to -under no circumstances- watch her while she is working. Curiosity wins and the man discovers that his wife is a white heron. She changes back to her human form, but now that her true identity is revealed she must leave. She transforms into a heron and takes flight. Date: c. 1925 Signature: Tsunetomi hitsu Publisher: Nezu Seitarō Block-cutter: Yamana Yoshiteru Printer: Matsuno Kassui Size: 54.5 x 36.5 cm
Signed:Tsunetomi hitsu
Size:54.5 x 36.5 cm
Condition: In excellent condition, with mica background and the snowflakes with gofun (luxurious white pigment made of pulverized shells) .
Price:Price on request. SOLD
Reference:Waves of Renewal (2016), p. 123, pl. 36