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| Artist: | Taniguchi Kokyo |
| Title: | Spirit Of The Heron Maiden |
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| Date of first edition?: | circa 1910-1930 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Sato Shotaro |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Sato Shotaro |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 36090 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title Spirit of Heron Maiden
Artist Kokyo Taniguchi 1864-1915
Signature Kokyo
Seal artist's seal (kokyo)
Dated 1925? 1918? 1910?
Publisher Sato Shotaro
Medium/Technique Woodblock print
Description "Sagi Musume no Sei" (Spirit of the Heron Maiden), dance performance where the spirit of a heron changing into a girl and then become a heron again. The dance intertwines the moods of Heron with many costume changes.
Note: Sometimes has a "Made in Japan" stamped on the back.
Format Oban tate-e
Width Item 10.8 inches = 27.5 cm
Height Item 16.7 inches = 42.5 cm |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Sunday, 30 March 2008
Catalog ID: 7255
Artist: Kokyo, Taniguchi (1864 - 1915)
Title: Spirit of the Heron Maiden
Print Type: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Edition No: First
Date: 1918??
Publisher: Sato Shotaro
Reference No: Female Image, #123.
Size: 16-1/4 x 10-1/2 "
Condition: Fine.
Notes: Illustrated in color, page 105, TAISHO CHIC, Honolulu Academy of Arts.
Mentioned in the above catalog as the earliest dated modern version of the subject. Kokyo is reported to have made the drawing for this print in 1902, after seeing the famous geisha Mitsumoto Osada of Kyoto's Gion district perform her interpretation of the popular kabuki dance. |
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