Girl with Crane (Tsuru no shojo)
- Date:
- 1953
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
$500–$8,000. Common later works: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: His enormous output (lived to 102) means most works are accessible. Early black-and-white prints are most valued.
A young girl holds a crane — tsuru — in a composition that joins childhood innocence with one of Japan's most potent symbols of longevity and good fortune. Hiratsuka's 1953 woodblock renders both girl and bird with bold, clean carving, the crane's white plumage a natural fit for the woodcut's capacity for stark contrast. The title's Japanese subtitle (Tsuru no shojo) emphasizes the bird's symbolic primacy.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Girl with Crane (Tsuru no shojo) was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1953.
Girl with Crane (Tsuru no shojo) depicts birds & flowers and children.
