Small Bird from a Fairy Tale (Dowa no kotori)
- Date:
- 1928
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A single bird with a long, striped tail perches on a slender branch amid dense, pointed foliage, rendered in bold black woodblock outlines against the cream paper. A small red seal sits at upper left, and the composition is enclosed within a square black-bordered frame, with the title, artist's signature, and date inscribed in pencil below. Hiratsuka Un'ichi, "Small Bird from a Fairy Tale (Dowa no kotori)," 1923, woodblock print.
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Small Bird from a Fairy Tale (Dowa no kotori) was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1928.
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