Title : Spirit Of The Heron Maiden

Artist : Taniguchi Kôkyo

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Source : Japanese Art Open Database
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Description : 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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