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Still Night by Kiyoshi Nagai

Still Night by Kiyoshi Nagai

Still Night

Kiyoshi Nagai

Title

Still Night

 
Artist

Kiyoshi Nagai

  1911 - 1984 (biography)
Year
c. 1955  
Technique
color woodcut 
Image Size
14 3/4 x 10 1/4" 
Signature
signed in pencil in lower right 
Edition Size
around 50 
Annotations
titled in English and Japanese 
Reference
 
Paper
Japanese hosho 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
10901 
Price
SOLD
Description
In medieval Europe, owls were associated with witchcraft but today they are often linked to wisdom and protection. Owl is fukurou in Japanese and because it includes the word fuku [luck] it is linked with good fortune. To many people owls are symbols of magic and heightened senses. The Ainu, an indigenous ethnic group, living in Hokkaido, Japan consider the owl a deity. In modern day Japan owls are lucky charms.