Heron Maiden

Data

Heron Maiden
Print   (Part of the set: Utamaro Famous Beauties)

Kitagawa Utamaro
Mainichi Newspaper
1980s

2016
00009-023
https://mokuhankan.com/collection/index.php?id_for_display=00009-023

Print is Public Domain; Photography is:   Creative Commons License

Description

This print, Sagi Musume, shows a young woman dancing in a traditional festival as the "Heron Maiden", a heron who has transformed into a beautiful girl. Her colourful costume and sheer hat, topped with a peony, are undoubtedly highlights of the print. She seems to be holding another hat, or perhaps a fan, in her hands, and another appears on her shoulder. This is one of the rarer works by Utamaro, and an early copy currently held by the Tokyo National Museum is classified as an "Important Art Object".

The print is from Utamaro's Tôsei Odoriko Zoroe ("An Array of Dancing Girls of the Present Day") series of prints. Four other prints are currently known to make up the series, although there is the possibility that others, now lost, were also originally included.

Please refer back to the description of this set as a whole to find more information on other aspects of this print.

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