Japanese Print "Japanese Crane, Pine Tree And Rising Sun" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese Print "Japanese Crane, Pine Tree And Rising Sun" by Utagawa Hiroshige, 歌川広重 (Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重)

Artist:Utagawa Hiroshige

Title:Japanese Crane, Pine Tree And Rising Sun

Date:mid-1830s

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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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Hiroshige produced a small number of "bird-and-flower" kakemono-e, inexpensive vertical two-sheet prints that could be mounted like hanging scroll paintings in the family alcove (tokonoma). This design of a majestic Japanese crane, or tancho, balancing on one leg, silhouetted against a rising, red sun, would have been displayed at New Year's. While the pine symbolizes winter and perseverance, the tancho, symbolizes a long, prosperous and peaceful life. The Japanese Crane has a red crown of exposed skin and a black thr

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