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Harunobu Suzuki(1725-1770)
Japanese Woodblock Print

"Sagi-musume"(White-egret maiden)

"Sagimusume" (White-egret maiden) by Harunobu Suzuki(1725-1770) Genuine Japanese Woodblock. This print is beautifully produced, hand printed on quality 'Washi' Japanese paper. This highly attractive genuine color woodblock print is in excellent condition. No restoration, good texture, full margins and fine ink bleed through. No backing paper and not attached to a folder. Measurements are: Paper size is 10 and 1/4 by 15 and 3/8 inches. Flawless. Superb condition, excellent details with fine "bokashi" shading and beautiful embossed. This spectacular Harunobu woodblock print is faithfully re-carved and hand printed by Watanabe publisher with Watanabe round seal on the lower right corner.

Suzuki Harunobu (1724 – 1770) was a Japanese woodblock print artist, one of the most famous in the Ukiyo-e style. He was an innovator, the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu used many special techniques, and depicted a wide variety of subjects, from classical poems to contemporary beauties.

Sagimusume" (White-egret maiden) is a Buyo for Nagauta music, first performed as a part of a Hengebuyo (transformation dances) in which a single actor continuously dances various roles. At present, however, "Sagimusume" is performed as an independent work. This dance depicts the incarnation of a white egret in the figure of a girl dancing in the falling snow and expressing various feelings and emotions related to love. Near the Makugire (end of act), she shows most beautifully the hellish torture of unrequited love. "Sagimusume" has been regularly performed since Ichikawa Danjuro 9th revived it in the Meiji period, and has now become one of the most important dances in the Onnagata Buyo repertoire.
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