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Woodblocks in Wonderland: The Japanese Fairy Tale Series – The Public Domain Review Japanese Myth, Peach Illustration, Tales Series, Japanese History, Printmaking Art, Illustration Ideas, Fairytale Illustration, Paper Book, Children's Literature

From gift-bestowing sparrows and peach-born heroes to goblin spiders and dancing phantom cats — in a series of beautifully illustrated books, the majority printed on an unusual cloth-like crepe paper, the publisher Takejiro Hasegawa introduced Japanese folk tales to the West. Christopher DeCou on how a pioneering cross-cultural endeavour gave rise to a magnificent chapter in the history of children's publishing.

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The spirit of the heron maiden    woodblock print by Taniguchi Kokyo (1864-1915), dated 1925 Art Geisha, Art Chinois, Geisha Art, Japanese Artwork, Japanese Illustration, Japon Illustration, Eastern Art, Art Japonais, Japanese Woodblock Printing

woodblock print by Taniguchi Kokyo (1864-1915), dated 1925; from my collection. Oban tate-e (27.0 x 42.5 cm). "Sagi Musume no Sei," the "Spirit of the Heron Maiden." A kabuki hengemono dance (one actor/many roles) wherein the spirit of a heron changes into a girl and then back again. A summary from www.kabuki21.com/sagi_musume.php : "The set is a frozen pond in the middle of Winter. The music from the geza is the classic sound effect for falling snow. The spirit of the heron appears on a…

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