Fluitspelende vrouw A flute playing woman with wings and landing in Chinese clothing in a pine. This figure refers to the story of The Plumage (Hagoromo), and comes in many Oos Asian countries. A Buddhist angel lands in a pine tree on the beach and takes off her wings. These are found by a fisherman and terugggeven for true: that the angel dances for him. This she does, then she flies back home with her wings. Poems by different dichters. Manufacturer : printmaker: Konsai (listed property) Place manufacture: Japan Date: approx 1840 Physical characteristics: color woodblock; line block in black
Fluitspelende vrouw A flute playing woman with wings and landing in Chinese clothing in a pine. This figure refers to the story of The Plumage (Hagoromo), and comes in many Oos Asian countries. A Buddhist angel lands in a pine tree on the beach and takes off her wings. These are found by a fisherman and terugggeven for true: that the angel dances for him. This she does, then she flies back home with her wings. Poems by different dichters. Manufacturer : printmaker: Konsai (listed property) Place manufacture: Japan Date: approx 1840 Physical characteristics: color woodblock; line block in black with color blocks; metallic pigment material: paper Technique: color woodblock dimensions: sheet: h 384 mm (yokonagaban) b × 500 mmToelichtingEen surimono is a luxurious picture in which image is combined with one or more of poems. When the printing of a surimono was often use is made of thicker paper, embossing, and metal pigments, such as copper and silver powder. The prints were often commissioned by poets and as an exclusive gift to friends and relatives and gegeven.
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