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Hokusai Sparrow Dance 360 Book

Seigensha Art Publishing 2019 ISBN 9784861527234 Acqn 29694
Pb 12x12cm col ills £31.50

'Sparrow Dance' is one of traditional footman dances performed by dancers literally imitating
sparrows' movements. It is considered to have originated from an improvised dance performed by
stonemasons from Sakai in the Senshu region at a banquet celebrating the relocation of Sendai
Castle. Hokusai Katsushika featured this 'Sparrow Dance' in the third volume of 'Hokusai Manga',
one of his etehon (art manual) series. Hokusai's lively brush strokes vividly capture dance
movements of people wearing footman's kimonos and hats, looking as if they are going to start
moving at any moment.

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