Catalog ID: CFA4888
Artist: Oda Tomiya
Medium: Original Painting on Silk
Series Title: Beauties
Edition: Original
Date: c.1930s
Publisher: The Artist
Reference No.: Uncatalogued - Artist Reference: Female Image #232; pg. 165
Size: 17 x 11 " (image); 24 -3/4 x 18 " (frame)
Condition: Very fine, with superb colors
Notes:
Artist: Oda Tomiya
Medium: Original Painting on Silk
Series Title: Beauties
Edition: Original
Date: c.1930s
Publisher: The Artist
Reference No.: Uncatalogued - Artist Reference: Female Image #232; pg. 165
Size: 17 x 11 " (image); 24 -3/4 x 18 " (frame)
Condition: Very fine, with superb colors
Notes:
Signed and sealed by the artist, upper left. Here the painting was specifically inspired by The Heron Maiden (Sagi Musume), a popular nagauta, or single-scene Kabuki song-and-dance form with musical accompaniment. First performed in 1762 in Edo (present-day Tokyo), the performance was regularly revived and often depicted by ukiyo-e print artists. The dance had a surge in popularity during the Taishō period (1912–26), beginning from around 1920, when it became the subject of many prints and paintings by Nihonga artists like, Oda Tomiya and Kitano Tsunetomi.