Artist: Toyohara Chikanobu
Title: Red and White Lion Dance
Details & Prices: Toyohara Chikanobu: Red and White Lion Dance - Artelino
Source:
artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
"Tokugawa Jidai Kifujin" (Court Ladies in Tokugawa Era). Viewing the red and while lion dance. Lion dance is related to the legend of O-e Hiromoto (1148-1225), a mythical warrior in Japan, who became a Buddhism priest. He went to China to practice the austerities. When he was crossing a bridge one day, he was visited by spirit of a lion, which suddenly appeared among the blooming peonies and performed a beautiful dance in front of him.
