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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

art_history_animalia@historians.social ("Art History Animalia") wrote:

Tōshi Yoshida (吉田 遠志, Yoshida Tōshi, 1911-1995)
Dance of Eternal Love, c. 1970s
Color woodblock print, double oban size
https://ukiyo-e.org/image/artelino/25646g1
#BirdsInArt #JapaneseArt
🆔 Red-Crowned Crane (Grus japonensis), Japan’s largest native bird, protected species, & cultural symbol (longevity, fidelity, luck)

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• "Seiran no Mai" (Dance of Eternal Love) A pair of red-crowned cranes are dancing in heavy snowfall against a blue/grey tree-lined sky background. Color woodblock print in landscape orientation, title and signature visible in bottom margin, black and red publishing stamps lower right (remote)