| Stockno.: | | 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 | | | |
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