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Sacred Cranes — Tancho Zuru
by Ohmoto Yasushi

	Artist:	Ohmoto Yasushi
	Title:	Sacred Cranes — Tancho Zuru
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	Date of first edition?:	Not set
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Not Set
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Not Set
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Not Set
	Format (this edition):	Not Set
	DB artwork code:	34168
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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: OHMOTO Yasushi - "Sacred Cranes" Original woodblock print on very thick washi. Titled in pencil "Tancho Zuru" in Japanese, and signed in English in the lower margin by the Artist. Limited Edition: 17/80 Paper size: 38.8cm (W) x 32.7cm (H) Image size: 31.0cm (W) x 24.9cm (H) Ohmoto is a native of Hokkaido, where he was born in 1926. Studied at Asagaya Fine Arts Institute and Meiji University. Member of Nihon Hanga Kyokai since 1973. Demonstrated the techniques of woodblock printing at Purdue University and Indiana University on a tour of the U.S. in 1980. This is typical of his designs which often illustrate the landscape and the wildlife of his native Hokkaido.