Woman Playing the Flute, c. 1840 - c. 1850 print A whistling woman with wings and in Chinese clothing lands in a pine. This image refers to the story of the plumage (Hagoromo), and occurs in many East Asian countries. A Buddhist angel lands in a pine on the beach and takes off her wings. These are found by a fisherman and returned on condition that the angel dances for him. She does this and then she flies back home with her wings. With poems by different poets. paper color woodcut representations ~ gods, demi-gods, heroes, etc. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism). fabulous beings with wings - AA -
Woman Playing the Flute, c. 1840 - c. 1850 print A whistling woman with wings and in Chinese clothing lands in a pine. This image refers to the story of the plumage (Hagoromo), and occurs in many East Asian countries. A Buddhist angel lands in a pine on the beach and takes off her wings. These are found by a fisherman and returned on condition that the angel dances for him. She does this and then she flies back home with her wings. With poems by different poets. paper color woodcut representations ~ gods, demi-gods, heroes, etc. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism). fabulous beings with wings - AA - female human figure. trees: pine
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